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  1. Re:Minor curiosity... on NASA Test Shows Foam Could Be Culprit · · Score: 1

    Even so, there was a big hole in the wing that would have gotten bigger no matter what. Even with the lesser stesses the wing would have probably become useless. Once the shuttle had crossed the boudary where control switches from Reation Control Thusters to actual aerodynamic flight, the situation would not have been any more pleasant. With one wing working and one not as well or not at all, the shuttle would have probably gone into an uncontrollable roll.

    Endgame: same

  2. If organic material shows up bright white... on Backscatter X-Rays Coming to Airports · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... then we'll know for sure now if those breasts are real or fake!

  3. Re:Another version of the same story. on Backscatter X-Rays Coming to Airports · · Score: 5, Funny

    The first Airport Screener with a digital camera is gonna make a fortune the first time Britney Spears walks through this thing.

    Creepy image though ...

  4. Re:A thought or two... on Solar Powered Helios Plane Destroyed in Test Flight · · Score: 0


    "... she'll be alright though, she just can't eat spicy foods for a while."

    that line kills me ...

  5. Re:What the hell is going on at NASA? on Solar Powered Helios Plane Destroyed in Test Flight · · Score: 1

    I think it's time to reconsider the validity of spending billions on disaster after disaster when so much needs to be taken care of at home.

    That's the kind of thinking that got Apollo canceled. "Let's put all the money we spend uselessly going to the moon to feed the starving children." Well, you got Apollo canceled, and there are still starving children.

    At least this program could've helped save a few of these kids a few bucks on their electrical bill (solar energy research) so they could buy more food!

    If every human thought like you, I'd be chasing you across the savanna with a spear trying to steal your hunting grounds ... and maybe your mate!

    cheers.

  6. Re:A thought or two... on Solar Powered Helios Plane Destroyed in Test Flight · · Score: 1

    The hole in the wing caused the shuttle to become aerodynamically unstable, as a result, the reaction control computers could no longer keep up. She eventually went out of control and broke up. The break up is what directly killed the crew, not the heat of reentry.

  7. Lockeed Skunkworks ... on Baked Apple · · Score: 1

    When the boys at Lockheed designed the SR-71 they used a lot of Titanium around the spots that would get a little warm when the aircraft was going Mach 3 or so.

    Somehow I doubt this is what the industrial designers at Apple had in mind when they used it though.

  8. Re:In my ideal world on Namibia Says "No Thanks" To Microsoft Donation With Strings · · Score: 1

    Hmmm. Kinda like we switched to the metric system after the rest of the world did? Why didn't we? Retooling. That may happen in the rest of the world but the US is so big and so entrenched it will be stuck in a viscious cycle of Microsoft solutions. And that John Shearer creep will be selling billions of video professor packages! ... still. But at least in your ideal world we could vacation safely in Africa.

    wait ... 20 Fl. Oz. is 591ml ... how many pints in a liter?

    nevermind.