Category: spacecraft

So much for Virgin Orbit

March 15, 2023

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scottlowther

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AARRRGH, Aircraft, Hmm…, News, rockets, spacecraft

Not every idea pans out. Virgin Orbit pauses operations for a week, furloughs nearly entire staff as it seeks funding In a world […]
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Because it’s cool

March 15, 2023

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scottlowther

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Art, Awesomeness, Science Fiction, spacecraft, youtube

This is a “cut scene” from a video game (“Star Wars: Squadrons”) and is a few years old… but it’s the best official […]
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Venus: not so dead

March 15, 2023

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scottlowther

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Awesomeness, Hmm…, News, science, spacecraft

Huh. Surface changes observed on a Venusian volcano during the Magellan mission In short, a volcano on Venus seemed to be active from […]
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This seems like it aught to be bigger news

March 13, 2023

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scottlowther

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Awesomeness, Hmm…, Humor, News, Politics, rockets, Russian Empire, spacecraft

From three days ago, the only news source Google seemed to find: Kazakhstan Seizes Russian Assets At Baikonur Spaceport Russia, it seems, isn’t […]
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More cyanotypes

March 10, 2023

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scottlowther

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Aircraft, Art, Awesomeness, CAD Diagrams, cyanotype blueprints, Drawings, New Products, News, projects, rockets, spacecraft

I will be posting some more cyanotype blueprints to ebay in the coming days. These were made from old transparencies I’d had made […]
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Shut the F Up, Nerd

March 8, 2023

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scottlowther

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AARRRGH, blather, Crazy, Dumbassery, Forward, Gah, News, Politics, Religion, rockets, Science Fiction, spacecraft, Worldwreckers, ಠ_ಠ

Are you ready for the *dumbest* thing you’ll read today? Prepare yourselves… End ‘colonial’ approach to space exploration, scientists urge Short response: eat […]
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Saturn when it was Army

February 24, 2023

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scottlowther

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history, projects, rockets, spacecraft, youtube

A program progress film from 1959 describing the US Army’s “Saturn” rocket. This would soon be transferred to NASA, eventually becoming the Saturn […]
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Books on ebay

February 17, 2023

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scottlowther

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Aircraft, Art, Awesomeness, Books, eBay, history, News, projects, rockets, Sales & Specials, spacecraft, Weapons

I have a *pile* of books to sell; the first of them are now on ebay. More will be added as I get […]
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Less than a day left: Selling cyanotype blueprints on ebay…

February 15, 2023

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scottlowther

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Aircraft, Awesomeness, CAD Diagrams, cyanotype blueprints, Drawings, history, New Products, Nukes, projects, rockets, Ships, spacecraft

I’m selling the blueprints I’ve recently made. I can sign ’em if the buyer wants, front or back… Saturn Ib Inboard Profile Cyanotype […]
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An ebay question

February 13, 2023

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scottlowther

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Aircraft, Art, Awesomeness, cyanotype blueprints, eBay, Hmm…, Nukes, projects, rockets, spacecraft

It’s time to post my first batch of cyanotypes to ebay. But I ran into a conundrum… how should I categorize them? I […]
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