UPDATE: Oops, AM not PM. NASA is going to try again to launch SLS/Artemis. Currently the launch window opens on Wednesday, November 16, at 1:04 AM Eastern time. The launch window is 2 hours. NASA Sets New Coverage for Artemis I Moon Mission Launch
A while back the “Wagner Group” of Russian mercenaries started recruiting Russian criminal prisoners to fight in Ukraine. One such recruit got to Ukraine and apparently promptly surrendered, deciding that he just couldn’t kill Ukrainians. Unfortunately, he was sent back to the Russians as part of a prisoner exchange and turned over to the Wagner…
The B-17 “Texas Raider” was hit by a bell P-63 Kingcobra today at the Wings Over Dallas airshow. Both planes broke apart in midair and crashed.Hard to imagine that anyone on either plane survived. It *almost* looked as if the P-63 aimed at the B-17 (I doubt it could have hit the bomber any worse…
The LOFTID inflatable aeroshell was apparently a complete success, inflating in space, entering, popping a chute, splashing down and being recovered at sea. I wonder if this could be conveniently applied to the Falcon 9 second stage.
Atlas launch to test inflatable heat shield A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 4:25 a.m. Eastern Nov. 10. The primary payload of the rocket is the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) 2 weather satellite … A secondary payload on the launch…
A guy who was known as a anti-gun-violence activist attacked a woman in public in broad daylight and got shot by the police for his troubles. That’s straightforward enough… but this headline is a little grammatically *off*. Man Killed by Officer Known for Anti-Gun Violence Campaign See, it wasn’t the police officer known for…
Disgraced former Senator Al Franken worrying that if the Republicans take over the House and/or Senate, not only will the Democrats plans not be allowed to pass, but there might actually be investigations of the many valid criminal accusations that have been made against his side of the aisle. While that outcome would be great,…
So the latest news freakout over Elon Musk buying twitter is that he is banning people impersonating him: Furious Elon Musk Pledges to Ban Anyone Who Changes Their Display Name to “Elon Musk” Twitter bans comedian Kathy Griffin for impersonating Elon Musk And so on. Lots of lefties are screeching that this means Musk…
White House VIOLATED ethics guidelines by deleting fat-checked tweet saying Biden had given American seniors the biggest boost in social security, watchdog group claims Short form: the White House proudly tweeted that Social Security recipients were going to get a big fat increase in their payments; this, the tweet claimed, was the result of…
