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Suborbital Spaceflight Update

HobbySpacer writes "Burt Rutan's group has fixed a problem with the SpaceShipOne and recently carried out a successful drop test. Ground studies involved tests with CFD - "creative Ford driving" using a Ford-250 pickup truck. Other suborbital news includes the announcement of plans to follow the X PRIZE competition with an annual X PRIZE Cup event in which rocket teams will compete in an air show type format. In Japan the RVT (Reusable Vehicle Test) just completed its third short hop (in Japanese) within a week. (English reports on the first and second flights.) The liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen powered vehicle seeks to develop robust, reusable technologies for vertical takeoff and landing rockets. It and subsequent vehicles will gradually expand the flight envelope to high altitudes."

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  1. I r teh SEX ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cmdrtaco is a jackass.

  3. sixth post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  4. Warning: Spoiler by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just shit in your breakfast cereal.

    If that's not a spoiler, I dont know what is!

  5. suborbital huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hemos has just discovered rings around your anus!

  6. WaRnInG!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yesterday, one of my neighbors was car-jacked at a traffic light! A young woman proposes to wash your car window while you wait at the red light, and another one takes advantage of it to open the back door and steal everything she can grab. Be warned, they are very well organized!!!

    Don't leave your doors or windows open if you drive up to a red light!

    If your windows get washed . . .Don't look at them, they try to distract you.

    Please inform your friends of this new scam. They have got me 10 times already.

    1. Re:WaRnInG!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      how can she wash your window if your windows are down?


      Also, does she have nice tits?

    2. Re:WaRnInG!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Where do you think the distraction comes from?

  7. I FOR ONE WELCOME OUR NEW ALIEN OVERLORDS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  8. Matrix Reloaded Spoiled! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Matrix Revolutions Part 1 of 3

    Movie opens with the green code, Warner Bros. and the logo, The Matrix
    Revolutions. The code dissapears and we see a flash as the movie picks
    up exactly where the last one did, with Bane and Neo on the tables,
    knocked out. Trinity is slowly whispering to Neo to wake up, then talks
    to the nurse. The nurse explains that it seems that Neo is jacked into
    the Matrix. Trinity questions how this is possible and relays the
    message to Morpheus. Morpheus gives her the news that Niobe's ship has
    crashed and she is stranded with Ghost. Morpheus says that shes got
    important information in regards to Neo. Trinity says to hurry up and
    go.

    They fly the Hammer into a crater and find the crashed Logos. Morpheus
    and his crew go into the ship to discover that the power is out. With a
    bit of repairs, the ship will work again. During this time, Bane
    awakens, but notices that he is another room and not in Neo's place.
    Also during this time, Niobei explains to Trinity that the Oracle has
    loads of information as to the whereabouts of Neo and how to save him,
    and that only Trin can save him. Link finishes the repairs on the ship
    by giving some of the Hammer's power to it and it is ready to set out.
    Morpheus and Trinity ask for the Logos so that they can go into
    broadcast depth, as well as they explain that there is a survivor on
    the Hammer which needed to be taken to Zion (they dont know Bane is on
    the Logos). Niobe and Ghost take the Hammer and head back to Zion while
    Morph, Link, Trin, and the unconscious Neo head into broadcast depth.
    Trinity looks at Neo, pleading for him to awaken and we get a nice fade
    into Mobil Ave.

    Neo sees three power-lines in the desert of the real inside of his
    head. Neo awakens in Mobil Ave with a headache. He checks his body for
    injuries (including his belly-button), and gets up and sees a little
    girl there. She smiles at him, and he tells her to wait. He looks
    around and sees that he is in some sort of abandoned subway station. He
    reads "Mobil Ave." on the walls. The little girl (the child) walks up
    to him and says "welcome to limbo. I am Sati". Neo asks her what
    happened, where Trinity is, where he is, etc. Sati says that he is in a
    place between the Matrix and the Machine World. Neo gets up, confused,
    and tries to walk away, with Sati following. She says that the body
    cannot live without the mind, but the mind can live without the body,
    and not to worry because help is coming. A subway train whizzes by...
    stops... then keeps going. Neo notices the "LOOP" at the front and back
    of the Train.

    Meanwhile, Trinity and Morpheus arrive at the Oracle's apartment, and
    are greeted by Seraph. He explains that they must defeat him in battle
    before meeting with the Oracle, but suddenly Smith bursts through the
    door. Three Smith Clones comes in, and Morpheus and Trin try to battle
    it out with them, but are beat. Seraph steps in and beats the Smiths
    and kicks them through the door. Trinity and Morpheus wonder how Seraph
    could possibly be so powerful, and he simply says "You dont believe in
    angels?"

    Seraph takes Trinity and Morpheus to see the Oracle. The Oracle
    welcomes them, and Trin wastes no time in asking about Neo. The Oracle
    says he is being held captive by the Merovingian, and that he is in a
    place between the Matrix and the machine world. Morpheus asks about her
    appearance, and she explains that she was given up the Merovingian by
    two programs which hatched a child within the Matrix which is vital to
    the future. She says she had to change appearance to escape the
    Merovingian. The Oracle tells them that Neo needs their help and that
    the only way to break him out is to go see the Merovingian, who
    controls the time within the Matrix, in Club Hell. Trinity and Morpheus
    are set to go, but Seraph decides to go with them to help out.

    We see a couple of scenes with Smith taking over people w

  9. Re:Taco, please read by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So what? Fuck her in the ass anyway. Sneak into her apartment, wait for her to get home and then tie her up and pleasure her analy. Make sure you wear a mask and a condom and blindfold her so you don't get arrested later.

  10. Re:who tends to fund these projects? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Your momma funds it with her cock sucking profits.

    $5 a cock might not sound like much, but remeber to multiply by the 300 million chinese servicemen that make up her clientelle.

    And whoever modded the parent post - not knowing what you're talking about, and asking a question is not "informative".

    You cock smoking teabaggers.