Comment TOM CRUISE WAS RIGHT ABOUT PSYCHLOS! (Score 1) 83
Donald Ewen Cameron says "GET OFF ME LAWN!"
Comment YAFCJ (yet another flying cock joke): (Score 1) 76
Can anyone explain why Jeff Bezos is doing the same thing that SpaceX is already doing
To put Richard Branson in his place.
That's a perfectly reasonable motivation.
It also explains the shape of that fairing.
Comment more anti-Darwinist claptrap (Score 1) 514
THANKS A LOT, Elon!
How the hell are we going to kill off the Stupids if you remove a primary source of carbon monoxide poisoning?!
Ok, to be fair, this might balance out push-to-stop on IC automobiles.
How the hell are we going to kill off the Stupids if you remove a primary source of carbon monoxide poisoning?!
Ok, to be fair, this might balance out push-to-stop on IC automobiles.
Russian Cargo Spacehip Declared Lost 108
schwit1 writes: The Russians have declared lost the Progress freighter that had been launched to the ISS yesterday. They never could regain control of the craft, plus it was in an incorrect orbit. Moreover, the U.S. Air Force has detected debris nearby, suggesting a significant failure of some kind. The Russians are now considering delaying the next manned launch, scheduled for May 26, while they investigate this failure. Both Soyuz and Progress use some of the same systems, including the radar system that failed on Progress, and they want to make sure the problem won't pop up on the manned mission. At the same time, they are also considering advancing the launch date of the next Progress to ISS from August 6. Based on these reports, I think they might swap the launch dates for the two flights. A Dragon is scheduled to go to ISS in between these missions, though that schedule could be changed as well to accommodate the Russian plans.
Comment he did a little too much LDS in the 60's... (Score 3, Insightful) 247
holy crap, you're picking at the pointlessness of putting windows in the tanks?!
You don't have a problem believing mankind being embarrassed when SPACE WHALES drop by to check in on their far distant relatives?!
You don't have a problem believing mankind being embarrassed when SPACE WHALES drop by to check in on their far distant relatives?!
Comment brought to you by MomCorp (Score 1) 34
surely this better merits a Futurama reference.
Is an ayePhone the same thing as an ayeayePhone? Does Charo have an ayayayPhone?
Is an ayePhone the same thing as an ayeayePhone? Does Charo have an ayayayPhone?
Comment Dr Charles Luthor IS ON TEH SPOKE! (Score 1) 216
Comment Re:like no problem humanity has ever faced (Score 1) 197
note to self: design a set of deviously interlocking set of mechanical turk tasks to commit the perfect murder without being able to hold any one person culpable. Be sure to secure the film rights.
Comment Re:Seizures? (Score 2) 96
You only need 1 bit if the only message you send is " DIE! ".
Comment like CORONA, in The Road Warrior (Score 1) 342
I was going to suggest a tower with a grapple just tall enough to hold the returning stage suspended.
But recent events have convinced me that snagging it out of the air with a giant auto-gyro and flying it back would be the most awesome solution.
Unfortunately, the nearest volcanoes are in the Caribbean. Although operating from St. Kitts might help with recruiting.
But recent events have convinced me that snagging it out of the air with a giant auto-gyro and flying it back would be the most awesome solution.
Unfortunately, the nearest volcanoes are in the Caribbean. Although operating from St. Kitts might help with recruiting.
Comment Elon's King of Swamp Castle (Score 2) 342
When I first came here, this was all swamp.
Everyone said I was daft to land a rocket on a barge, but I built in all the same, just to show them.
It sank into the ocean.
So I built a second one.
And that one sank into the ocean.
So I built a third.
That burned down, fell over, and then sank into the ocean.
But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Son, the strongest rocket in all of aerospace.
Comment overpriviliged disgruntled white guy in a light AC (Score 1) 327
maybe April 15 wasn't a good day to pull a stunt like that, LEO could be nervous.
Comment oh, wow, it just keeps getting better (Score 1) 327
Doug Hughes, 61, a mailman from Ruskin, Florida was arrested for landing a gyro-copter on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.
headline should read
Floridaman lands GYRO-COPTER on US Capitol lawn to save the Republic
Comment the spirit of Larry Walters is alive and well (Score 1) 327
Gyrocopter FUCK YEAH!
coming to save the motherfucking day...
coming to save the motherfucking day...
Comment Re:Launch Scrubbed (Score 1) 77
holy crap Elon, do I have to show you how to do everything?!!
It's Florida. We have lightning. Learn to deal.
1. Launch a sounding rocket from a nearby pad to trigger the lightning, thereby temporarily draining the local electrostatic potential.
2. GO BABY GO GO GO!
like a Boss that ain't 'fraid of no litenin'
3. PROFIT.
You can send my usual consulting fee to the usual account.
It's Florida. We have lightning. Learn to deal.
1. Launch a sounding rocket from a nearby pad to trigger the lightning, thereby temporarily draining the local electrostatic potential.
2. GO BABY GO GO GO!
like a Boss that ain't 'fraid of no litenin'
3. PROFIT.
You can send my usual consulting fee to the usual account.
