2018

  1. Grey Havoc

    Trevor Paglen 'Orbital Reflector'

    ORIGINAL CAPTION: Digital Rendering of Orbital Reflector. Copyright Trevor Paglen. Courtesy of the Artist and Nevada Museum of Art. https://spacewatch.global/2022/11/spacewatchgl-opinion-american-artist-trevor-paglen-is-questioning-whose-space-belongs-to/
  2. Grey Havoc

    Royal Tank Museum, Jordan

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/y519tx/royal_tank_museum_in_jordan_built_to_look_like_a/ (The title of the reddit post is a bit tongue in cheek, the design is actually a futuristic take on desert forts of old.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Tank_Museum http://www.rtm.jo/
  3. Flyaway

    ISS Saga

    Probably best I post this here considering the contentious nature of the whole thing if you pardon the pun. https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/russias-space-program-just-threw-a-nasa-astronaut-under-the-bus/ View: https://twitter.com/SpcPlcyOnline/status/1426234829742526464 View...
  4. Grey Havoc

    Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Project

    https://www.naval-technology.com/news/austal-delivers-ninth-guardian-class-vessel-to-australian-dod/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian-class_patrol_boat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific-class_patrol_boat
  5. Grey Havoc

    How China Broke the World's Recycling

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXRtNwUju5g https://e360.yale.edu/features/piling-up-how-chinas-ban-on-importing-waste-has-stalled-global-recycling
  6. Grey Havoc

    The World's Most Remote Buildings (The B1M)

    A selection rather than an exhaustive list:
  7. Grey Havoc

    Proposal for New York Dollar coin showing Apollo Lunar Module rejected by committee

    https://www.space.com/apollo-lunar-module-new-york-coin.html :(
  8. Grey Havoc

    Russian 'Flying Train' (2018 onwards)

    This is back in the news again. Via SNAFU - Reminds me of a few projects from the 1920s and 1930s. Also, McDonnell Douglas had a project around the early 1990s for cargo, likely inspired by a Japanese project begun in the 1980s. Original promotional CGI video from 2018 (looks pretty much the...
  9. Grey Havoc

    RAM-EP: ESA Air Breathing Ion Thruster (electrical ramjet)

    https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/World-first_firing_of_air-breathing_electric_thruster https://www.space.com/40056-air-breathing-electric-thruster-test.html https://newatlas.com/air-breathing-electric-thruster/53671/...
  10. Hood

    HNoMS Helge Ingstad Collision

    The Norwegian frigate HNoMS Helge Ingstad has collided with an oil tanker in the Hjeltefjord near Bergen. The cause of the collision is unknown. The frigate appears to be seriously damaged with a severe gash in the starboard side of the hull and it was beached in an attempt to prevent it...
  11. overscan (PaulMM)

    CASC Caihong-7 (CH-7) UCAV

    Via https://twitter.com/HenriKenhmann Length 10m, wingspan 22m, MTOW 13t, cruise at 13km / 0.6Ma, Vmax 0.75Ma. Positioning: Strategic recognition and strikes high value targets. First flight 2019, serial production 2022.
  12. Flyaway

    Vanguard 1

    2nd US Satellite: Vanguard 1 1958 NASA; Oldest Satellite Still in Orbit Jeff Quitney Published on Jul 13, 2018 "On March 17, (1958) a Vanguard I rocket launched an Earth satellite with solar batteries. Data from the mission was used to determine that the Earth is slightly pear-shaped. From...
  13. Michel Van

    50 years 2001: A Space Odyssey

    On 2 april, 1968 premier Stanley Kubrick masterpiece 4 years earlier he decided to make The "Perfect" Movie and he succeeded 50 years later 2001: A Space Odyssey has nothing lost of its Magic, its mysteries Its Space Hardware still looks realistic, even timeless Allot of Sci-Fi Movies made...
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