If you want to get your soul crushed, try to display a classical talent before an audience composed of modern high school kids. “Disrespect” won’t begin to cover it. So prepare to be surprised as this kid manages to get an auditorium of his classmates to fall into utter silence as he plays the theme…
Some years ago I produced a range of cyanotype blueprints of a number of aerospace subjects. The hardware needed for this was disposed of when I left Utah at the end of 2019, so starting again seemed unlikely. However, someone has expressed interest in a special commission. Rebuilding the hardware needed will be an expensive…
… of just what constitutes this garbage. What fraction is paper? How much plastic? And how much is just sticks and weeds, stuff not normally considered “garbage” in the ecosystem? In any event, this mechanism seems to be working quite well. I wonder if it could be made actually productive, though, rather than…
The Hudson Institute is a “conservative think tank.” So it’s not a Biden administration mouthpiece. Some interesting points here: Ten Myths about US Aid to Ukraine Myth 1: There is not enough oversight of US aid to Ukraine. Myth 2: We have written more than $66 billion worth of “blank checks” for Ukraine. Myth 3:…
BREAKING: Army Chooses Bell Textron’s V-280 Valor Tiltrotor to Replace Black Hawk … the V-280 Valor tiltrotor beat out Sikorsky-Boeing’s bid — the Defiant X coaxial rotor blade platform — in the years-long competition to design the future long range assault aircraft, or FLRAA, a key part of the Army’s plan to modernize its aviation…
This is weird. And if this is confirmed, it’ll mean… something. Asymmetry Detected in the Distribution of Galaxies As if playing a cosmic game of Connect the Dots, the researchers drew lines between sets of four galaxies, constructing four-cornered shapes called tetrahedra. When they had built every possible tetrahedron from a catalog of 1…
This “experiment” seems like all kinds of fun. It also seems like the sort of thing that would attract the attention of the ATF. Or the DoD. I gotta admit I like the method of production of the nozzle. Adopting that process for a more advanced rocket might be a chore… a refractory metal nozzle…
Looks like the Ukrainians are taking the war home to Russian military forces, this time hitting Engels Air Force Base and potentially destroying two TU 95 “Bear” bombers. Unknown as yet *how* the Ukrainians pulled this off. I remain unconvinced that hitting Mother Russia is necessarily the wisest course for Ukraine; it could will…
