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. 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.
  11. 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...
  12. 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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