The idea of a repeating firearm (a gun that does not need to be manually loaded after each shot) goes back to at least the 1500’s. But more-or-less practical “repeaters” were produced in time for the American Revolutionary War. Such weapons were proposed to Congress, but even though they worked they were very expensive. As…
Sadly not a lot of info on this. The Vulcan Aircraft (Houston, TX) “Starfire” concept from the mid/late 1980s used lift vans and vectored thrust for VTOL. Both military and civilian uses planned. Seems kinda reasonable, if perhaps a bit light on power. The basic design seems like it might be more practical today, though…
It seems that ad blockers nuke the Amazon links I put in my posts from time to time. The most recent blog post below (“Oh, no reason…”) had a few issues with such ads being rendered invisible and unclickable. If, like me, you have an ad blocker, you *should* be able to unblock specific pages…
UPDATE:well, this is annoying… the blog mangles the usual Amazon visual links. Grrr. Some items on Amazon that one might wish to procure. This one I can confirm works. Mine goes bonkers from time to time in antique shops. GQ GMC-300S Digital Nuclear Radiation Detector Monitor Meter Geiger Counter Radiation Dosimeter …
I don’t care if you don’t want to storm the streets to protest for Israel. But if you go out to celebrate Hamas intentionally murdering civilian men, women and children, celebrating the kidnap, rape, torture of women and children… you and I can’t be friends. There is no place for you out among the stars.…
What he says is interesting… mostly because it’s not what I generally expect to hear from non-sci-fi/non-science types. Most of “those people” look at “2001” with some mix of bafflement and disdain, generally bored out of their minds.
One of these words is not like the others. One of these words doesn’t belong. MA in Magic and Occult Sciences Well, kids, here’s a degree that will surely come in handy in the economy of tomorrow… This is a flexible degree, which provides you the freedom to design you own course of study. Led by…
“Palestinians” decided it would be not only a good idea to launch thousands of rockets into Israel, but to send a large number of invaders into Israel to slaughter civilians. I’m not sure what they thought they’d gain from this; it sure as hell won’t be the overthrow of Israel. Perhaps it will be the…
Grumman won the contract to build the forward-swept-wing X-29. But Grumman was not the only company to go for the contract; Rockwell devoted a fair amount of effort – both engineering and PR – to win the prize. Their concept was similar, though intended to be a wholly new aircraft, and with a notably different…
