Since the dawn of manned space flight more than 50 years ago, the most tense moment of any mission occurs while the spacecraft re-enters Earth’s atmosphere. Travelling at speeds exceeding 17,000mph during atmospheric re-entry, a spacecraft must dissipate the enormous amount of kinetic energy accumulated to achieve a stable orbit around the Earth. [...]
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No Comments »Boeing’s “Phantom Ray” unmanned stealth aircraft will be an awesome addition to the military’s arsenal of modern warplanes. Having been formally revealed earlier this year, the Phantom Ray combines the very latest aviation technology into a platform “designed to support potential missions that may include intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; suppression of enemy air defenses; electronic attack; strike; [...]
Posted in Military, Science, Space, Technology Tags: airplane, Boeing, Boeing 787, NASA, Phantom Ray, Phantom Works, Space Shuttle, stealth 1 Comment »The U.S. Navy is building these Littoral Combat Ships that cost approximately $700 million each. And although the ships, much like other newly minted military hardware, look awesome, the method by which the Navy “places” the boats into the water is shocking and highly amusing. Watch below… [Via: Gizmodo]
For some reason, I had no idea the nuclear enabled nations of the world did so much actual testing of nuclear weapons during and after the cold war. The following video hauntingly demonstrates in a WarGames-esque style just how many nuclear detonations the planet has endured. We’re all very lucky that only 2 of these [...]
