Flechette rounds now violate international humanitarian laws and the Geneva Convention. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flechette

posted by newtboy 6 months 1 week ago • 459 views • 4:22

From Youtube, "The launch of SpaceX's DM-2 mission taking NASA astronauts to the Space Station was the culmination of years of development, and more importantly years of political and management decisions... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 2 years 2 months ago • 45 views • 15:55

There's been a few stories recently about detonation engines and how they're supposed to be superior to traditional jet or rocket engines. So, what is a detonation engine, what's the difference between... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 24 views • 11:14

YouTube description: The story of Apollo 13 goes beyond a tale of survival. The mission also successfully completed a science investigation that is still helping to inform our understanding of the Moon... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 4 months ago • 68 views • 2:46

This successful test of the upgraded and now human rated Dragon capsule is the first step towards the USA being able to send astronauts to the ISS without hitching a lift on Russian Soyuz spacecraft. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 5 months ago • 514 views • 4:57

Wernher von Braun explains the possibility to reach the Moon. "Man and the Moon", Dec. 28, 1955

posted by bobknight33 3 years 6 months ago • 29 views • 28:17

YouTube description: 50 years ago, three NASA astronauts embarked on a journey that would take them “Round the moon and back”. The Apollo 8 mission proved the performance of the command and service... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 524 views • 5:47

YouTube description: Joe Barnard left his background in videography and music production to launch his life of amateur rocketry, and he shares his DIY adventures in building rockets on his YouTube channel... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 8 months ago • 914 views • 9:36

"Elevator. It’s a fascination and a fear for many. Countless action movies and TV shows feature stuck elevators, fights in elevators, and, of course falling elevators. How many times when an elevator... continue reading

posted by ant 3 years 9 months ago • 214 views • 7:36

YouTube description: Why does the exhaust from the Space shuttle boosters & engines look completely different? There's a huge variety in the appearance of rocket exhausts because different fuels, different... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 11 months 1 week ago • 493 views • 11:26

YouTube description: To quote from clickbait 'The answer might surprise you' - lots of references still say the mighty F-1 engine used on the Saturn V is the post powerful rocket motor ever, but, there... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 802 views • 7:42

YouTube description: Fritz Lang directed an extremely innovated film in 1929 called Woman in the Moon. (Frau Im Mond in German). He hired rocket pioneer Hermann Oberth to be his technical director,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 339 views • 3:13

Johnny Knoxville breaks down all the injuries of his career. From pepper spray and taser guns, to breaking his ankle crossing the LA river, to getting shot by a rocket over a lake and getting landed on... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 2 months ago • 121 views • 10:04

YouTube description: Vanguard 1 was the 4th satellite launched, after being beaten by Sputnik 1, 2 and Explorer 1, it also suffered from multiple high profile launch failures. However, 60 years on it's... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 409 views • 6:41

YouTube description: If you're landing a rocket then waiting to the last minute slamming on the brakes actually saves fuel over slower, more considered approaches to landing.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 627 views • 8:50

YT - Everyday Astronaut Published on Jan 24, 2018 It’s ALIVE!!!!! For the very first time, the Falcon Heavy has successfully lit all 27 of its mighty Merlin engines in preparation for its maiden launch.... continue reading

posted by Buck 4 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 173 views • 8:38

YouTube description: Every time a Delta IV launches people inevitably ask if the rocket consuming fireball is supposed to happen. The answer is yes, this is caused by the rocket purging its engines... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 803 views • 6:14