I was over at "Ed's Nike Site" and found this cutaway of a Nike booster motor: http://ed-thelen.org/booster.gif which shows that it has 9 "resonance rods"...

This has _got_ to have military applications. And he must have real confidence in it, because he's buzzing around in the Alps with...

Modern Mechanix unearths another gem: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/02/27/amazing-turbine-rocket-to-explore-outer-space/ Pat

From Modern Mechanix: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/11/18/rockets-on-a-timetable/ Interesting that talks about the military aspects of the V-2/WAC...

The four "legs" on the bottom are air cushions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Xs0mvJLK0&eurl=http://blog.wired.com/defense/ More he...

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts126/080925pyrobolt/ Pat

How many things can you find wrong in this picture?: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3018/3145968661_9ff9fbbd8f_b.jpg Pat

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_space_thewritestuff/2009/05/is-ares-i-adequate-obama-administration-or-order-a-new-study.html Pat

Comrades! It was fifty years ago yesterday that the concepts of "Space" and "Cute, Personality-Filled Monkeys" first met:...

http://funreports.com/fun/16-02-2007/1495-naked_buttocks-0 Although there's a Menorah behind him, I have serious doubts about the Kosher aspects of this...

The National Geographic Channel will be running a new program about the Challenger launch decision and accident. It is premiering on Monday, January 23rd at 9...

Mark Wade has added new stuff to his site again: Dyna-Soar, Robo, Bomi, Brass Bell, and Space Launching System for Project Lunex; as well as updates to...

rk wrote: "The NASA History Division is pleased to unveil a new Web site devoted to the 90th anniversary of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics,...

Or a slightly early April Fool's joke? http://www.spacedaily.com/news/tourism-05l.html Pat

Von Braun Mars expeditions and other goodies: http://www.astronautix.com/index.html

Crap + Bacteria = Hydrazine!?: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/11/1109_051109_rocketfuel.html Pat

About bloody time; an unmanned cargo carrier in both pressurized and unpressurized...

I was digging around for that space station design and came across this photo of a full scale mock-up of a Soviet space-to-space homing...

rk wrote: Astronauts and Area 51: the Skylab Incident by Dwayne A. Day, Monday, January 9, 2006 ... This secrecy was threatened in early 1974 when the...

Like something straight out of Futurama, the smokeless electronic cigarette has now arrived!: http://www.blucigs.com/ Wasn't there a Jetsons episode where...