Ha! :)

Everybody poops. Some people do it at 30,000 feet. Shit stinks, either way. And the only thing that stinks worse that airplane poop is the weird blue stuff they use to try and mask the odor.

You aren’t being exposed to anything through their inaction. Get yourself vaccinated.

You aren’t being exposed to anything through their inaction. Get yourself vaccinated.

Note “AFAIK” in my post...

In theory. However in the end Saturn turned out to be cheaper anyway. Overhaul of those bits was really expensive and given the much higher deadweight per launch it would have been better to use disposable launchers. The US military realized this quite early and pretty much walked away from the Shuttle for anything…

You’re thinking of regular hippos. AFAIK pigmy hippos are not vicious killers like their larger brethren.

It surprises people that Hong Kong is two-thirds protected parkland by area and has amazing hiking trails only minutes away from the bustling urban jungle.

I, for one, welcome our new ant overlords.

While preflighting general aviation aircraft a handkerchief is handy. Many stall horns really are horns (as opposed to vanes that close a circuit). There’s a hole in the leading edge of the wing with a reed inside. In a stall, the airflow changes and it makes a sound. How do you test it? By putting your lips up to the…

This thing runs on a desktop PC from 1995?

“Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.”

There’s wood, as in a raw plank, and wood, as in a laminated processed wood member. Very big difference in strength, durability and fire resistance.

Allen Steele wrote a pretty good book about a 60s moonbase with ICBMs being decommissioned.

All aircraft are certified to land at maximum weight. However some large aircraft such as the 777 and 747 have such a high fuel fraction that landing early after planning for a long flight leads to a landing that carries more risk than a normal one.

Fuel dumps are about landing weight, not fire hazards. Landing a widebody at high weights means a longer landing run, higher risk of a heavy landing, higher brake temperatures...

Interesting. I’ve never heard of that. The good news is that it hasn’t kept you from flying.

Because why wouldn’t you? Jokes aside, it seems like an awesome feature now that I think about it.

That made me laugh so hard. :)