Everyone in the space/defense game thinks they can do things cheaper. But the cost of engineering is always more because the supplier and the customer never fully understand all of the requirements. Then shit is always added on in the course of design and development. In the long run I wouldn't be surprised if it…

My thoughts exactly. Elon Musk makes himself out to be this self sustained innovator when all of his initiatives are funded by none other than the government. Space a commercial company my ass... Falcon 9 development was funded by the government might as well put a massive NASA logo on it.

Whats supposed to happen when you car is parked and its rainy and windy? My windshield always seems to get a good crustily layer if it dries up. How in the hell are we supposed to take care of that? What about snow? McLaren should have kept their mouths shut until they get a working full scale windshield.

I was a huge fan of this fiasco.

Leave it China to launch a ELV due East from the Sichuan province, which is over400 miles West of the East China Sea, right over one of the most densely populated regions in the entire world. But if I were a Chinese government space administrator, I would be a real dick and set up shop in the Fujian province and …

National Aeronautics & Space Administration dude. Looks like airplanes are within scope

Why did the procuring managers at the Big 3 buy these components at the elevated price? If I were a half decent procurer I would have tried a different supplier but then again it look like all of the competition weren't exactly competing but cooperating. Does anyone in the US make these components? What do the Germans…

That is pretty messed up saying you can slowly build up speed slowly to avoid forming a sonic boom. A supersonic shock-wave is going to form when you transition to mach 1, no matter how slow you accelerate. Once that shock wave is formed a sonic boom will form.

I'm a huge fan of any types of instrumentation that allows a operational vehicle to be tested without a need for extra on board instrumentation. But the author made it seem like this will replace wind tunnel testing. I don't know how you are going to fly anything without some kind of wind tunnel characterization. I…

I don't mind driving on long boring rides or even through construction. And yes, driving back east is a huge pain in the ass. I wouldn't say it's the road but the drivers that accumulate on I-15 in between Ogden and Tremonton in Utah. Speed limit is 75 on a 2 lane road, however, the max speed is normally 65 because of…