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Jetman Attempts Intercontinental Flight 140

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 25, 2009 @01:32PM from the a-jetwing-and-a-prayer dept.

Last year we ran the story of Yves Rossy and his DIY jetwings. Yves spent $190,000 and countless hours building a set of jet-powered wings which he used to cross the English Channel. Rossy's next goal is to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, from Tangier in Morocco and Tarifa on the southwestern tip of Spain. From the article: "Using a four-cylinder jet pack and carbon fibre wings spanning over 8ft, he will jump out of a plane at 6,500 ft and cruise at 130 mph until he reaches the Spanish coast, when he will parachute to earth." Update 18:57 GMT: mytrip writes: "Yves Rossy took off from Tangiers but five minutes into an expected 15-minute flight he was obliged to ditch into the wind-swept waters."

Comment Hail Ceasar! (Score 1) 458

by George Tirebuyer on Sunday January 04, 2009 @09:43AM (#26319607) Attached to: More Climate Scientists Now Support Geoengineering

I for one welcome our new eco-imperialist overlords...

Comment Toga (Score 1) 529

by George Tirebuyer on Sunday April 27, 2008 @06:07AM (#23212908) Attached to: Party Ideas For Math Nerds?

toga

Submission + - Best Inventions of 2007

Submitted by

theodp

on Saturday November 03, 2007 @10:27AM

theodp writes: "Time offers its picks for the Best Inventions of 2007 and the best inventors of all time. In what should come as a surprise to no one, the iPhone snags Invention Of the Year honors."

Submission + - Exploding Comet - 17P/Holmes (freedomblogging.com)

Submitted by djupedal on Saturday November 03, 2007 @08:24AM

djupedal writes: The Holmes Comet appears to be exploding, producing a rare sight in the sky. Astronomers have now dubbed it the 'exploding comet,' saying it is now fully a million times its normal size and seems likely to get bigger.

If expansion of the spherical cloud continues, Holmes could soon become a naked eye disk (1/2 the size of the moon) rather than a dimensionless point of light. As it is now (11.3), it is easy to spot by eye and interesting to observe, even if you only use hi-powered binoculars.

Scientists said this is the first time such a thing has been observed (some ship coming out of warp..? 5th Element?), and we may never see anything like it again.

17P/Holmes is currently orbiting the Sun (150 million miles from Earth), still beyond Mars orbit but inside Jupiter's.

— 3-D Orbit courtesy JPL (Java)
— SpaceWeather.com image gallery

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