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The Roundtable / Re: SpaceX News
« Last post by WLJ on June 01, 2024, 02:59:57 PM »Quote
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Flight 4 of Starship is now targeted to launch as early as June 6, pending regulatory approval
http://spacex.com/launches/missi
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The Roundtable / Re: SpaceX News
« Last post by Jim147 on June 01, 2024, 02:58:53 PM »Did they try turning it off and back on? I forgot about it and flipped over right at the scrub. That was anticlimactic.
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The Roundtable / Re: The Valkyrie gets a bath
« Last post by WLJ on June 01, 2024, 02:53:34 PM »I haven't seen any pictures of the other 19,306 of them so I can't tell.
Only 2 were built.
Unfortunately #2 crashed after an F-104 collided with it
https://www.thexhunters.com/xpeditions/xb-70a_accident.html
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The Roundtable / Re: The Valkyrie gets a bath
« Last post by 230RN on June 01, 2024, 02:49:53 PM »...
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Politics / Re: The Trump Arrest Thread!
« Last post by French G. on June 01, 2024, 02:41:11 PM »Drives me nuts, we don't have peerage in this country.
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The Roundtable / Re: The Valkyrie gets a bath
« Last post by 230RN on June 01, 2024, 02:37:39 PM »Cool airplane, striking performance.
From the video, I see wrinkles in the skin - is that just from some kind of contact paper or vinyl they put on to make it look nice on display?
Possibly the wrinkles shrink out at the high altitudes, low temps of its normal duty. On the other hand, there's the heat of friction to keep the skin warm, so...? Maybe they've got the two effects balanced out but in ground conditions, the wrinkles win out.
I haven't seen any pictures of the other 19,306 of them so I can't tell.
I've got wrinkles, too, but I'm a little older than that plane.
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The Roundtable / Re: More on the EV boondoggle
« Last post by JTHunter on June 01, 2024, 02:37:23 PM »It's been getting harder for average people to afford a vehicle for a long time. The small cheap cars are gone, the used starter cars aren't cheap, and nothing is repairable.
I beg to differ.
Last summer, some "S'head" punk speeding and passing in a center turn lane skewed the front of my 2008 Ford Ranger towards the passenger side. State Farm totaled it and the body shop I've been going to since 1982 had it fixed in less than 10 days. Considering that truck has less than 10K miles (and is still on the same tires !), using most of that insurance check was worth it, esp. when compared to new mid-sized pick-ups.
Then, I just paid Hyundai $4,600 to repair a "worn dowel" on my timing gear and a bushing on the steering column. The labor costs were about 50% of the total bill but again, that 2011 Elantra has less than 76K and new models of the Elantra have some stupid plastic framework on the passenger side of the center console, making it nearly impossible to reach for something on the floor of the passenger side without bruising your ribs! And forget EMTs trying to get you out the passenger door after an accident !!
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Politics / Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Last post by WLJ on June 01, 2024, 01:30:02 PM »^^^^^
I only read those things for the comments, yea, that's it the comments. This one did not disappoint. :)Quote'Getting stuck in doors designed for humans should be a gigantic wake up call,' another wrote.
bob
Video should start at the appropriate time https://youtu.be/w5tuliIPPMg?t=74
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Politics / Re: Maybe we should just start a The World Has Gone Mad thread
« Last post by BobR on June 01, 2024, 01:22:20 PM »^^^^^
I only read those things for the comments, yea, that's it the comments. This one did not disappoint. :)
bob
I only read those things for the comments, yea, that's it the comments. This one did not disappoint. :)
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'Getting stuck in doors designed for humans should be a gigantic wake up call,' another wrote.
bob
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The Roundtable / Re: The Valkyrie gets a bath
« Last post by BobR on June 01, 2024, 01:12:42 PM »That was the first thought I had. I had never heard of the XB-70, but what a cool aircraft.
I can remember an article in a Boy's Life magazine I got talking about the aircraft and the crash. On another note, visiting that museum is worth a couple of days of your time if you are ever in the area.
bob