My compressible fluids professor was a former NASA Chief Engineer. He was the actually the Chief Engineer of theX33 program which was an experiment of a single stage to orbit concept to replace the Shuttle in the late 90s. This concept used a linear aerospike nozzle which used shockwave formation to provide optimum…

The poor range of electric cars makes it difficult for consumers to buy. Anytime you attempt a long distance venture with an electric car you are rolling the dice. Also with the lack of fast fuel recharging stations makes it less appealing to consumers. You can’t pack a jerry can of charged particles to pour into your…

The ICBM modernization program is in the works as part of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD). I wish Rubio would have mentioned that at least

It will cost a hell of a lot of money, more than just normal crash testing, to validate the model.

Someone told me that before I went there for a business trip. Having never been there before I didn’t get it and they wouldn’t explain it. Once I arrived i had a good laugh

Ah Amarillo, where there is a pretty girl behind every tree...

Another reason the Soviets could not get to the moon was the fact of their positioining on our planet. With where the Cape is, we have a optimal location to use earth’s movement to reach escape velocity and get into the moon’s orbit with minimal fuel. From where russia was launching from there would have been too much…

In the event of a parasite/virus induced apocalypse. I would recommend steering clear of horses. Have you ever been biten by horse? Well I haven’t either but I did see them biting the side of my old man’s brand new 93 Silverado. Those sons a bit he’s chewed the paint right off. Imagine what they would do to your face.

I showed this video to wife. Hopefully this will help her abandon her disdain for Volvo

What's with the sore lower claim!? I bet if the SpaceX lost the bid all of you Elon Musk groupies at Jalopnik would be applauding SpaceX for contesting.

bad sensor! Sucks for that sensor supplier.

but still relies on NASA dollars to fund his project. But that's the problem with space travel it's not a money making enterprise. It's for use to better mankind and therefore has to be funded by the people. And only a few groups in the world, pretty much only governments, can fund such an endeavor. Doesn't matter…

I agree it's good to test to your limits. But normally failure modes can be detected from smaller scale tests. I haven't heard any root causes of the anomaly that occured but I would be willing to put money down that the failure mode could have been detected from a smaller scale test. This full scale test should have…

Not necessarily, I was involved in a rocket detonation and it turns out the reason range safety detonated because a group of asshat did not align the nozzle correctly so any effort the guidance system made to the TVC was thwarted by misalignment. No bueno

That's what I thought but some brain trust of disphits put together by Charlie Bolden thought Lagrange points would work better. We aren't even trying to get there yet.

well when NASA stops funding his so called "private" launch system development he sure will

I own a 2004 2.4L SE. "How beige is it?" you ask. Well....

there's noticeably more power. But the Tacoma looks more capable of road

I was going to mention that for off roading, hell even towing, there is more that goes into what makes a good truck than just max torque and horsepower. Like you said you have to look at the curve and make sure you have the torque you need at the rpms you are going to use.

How do you have the time to learn all of this stuff? Dual vvt? I have a hard making time to thoroughly read this post!