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more about #space more comments → beercheck: Oh man, I loved those movies. A whole bunch of things got blowed up. Blowed up real good. [www.youtube.com] more » Turboner: Billions of dollars? If you were to talk to any one of our most profitable health insurance companies, you would know that human lives are only reall... more » HoonThatFerrari: Instead of the BWB, they were originally going to call this design the Boeing Aerospace Blended Aerodynamic Wing And Widebody Aircraft... until they f... more » evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars: Boy, I can't decide what's cooler; that monstrous old wind tunnel or the model Boeing is testing in it. more » philibuster: They were going to demolish it earlier, but Jackie Chan needs to film another fight scene in it first. more » CopterBob: You'd think some big corporations would buy it for use as an emergency high volume document shredder. more » Mobius: I like peace. I really do. But without a single hint of an impending conflict of a reasonable scale, it s hard for governments to gather the motivatio... more » UdeleWildfowl: I'm an engineer at Langley and as much as I hate to see tunnels closed down, LFST was past its prime. Max speeds were limited by vibration to under... more » GreenN_Gold: I would be afraid to stand near it. In the same way I don't like to put my hand down the garbage disposal even when it's turned off. more » TimTim: Save the Wind Tunnels now... seriously? Next run of t-shirts should be "Save The __________" Send 'em out with Sharpies and we'll fill in the blank ... more » ricepuddin: just a little fun fact, this is just down the street from Langley Raceway. Sad to see it go, That are will never be the same without it. more » engineerd: Farewell, LFST. You served our country well, and played a crucial role in the advancement of aeronautics throughout the world. You were built with t... more » jjana79: Get it right, it's TURBOFAN! more » dedgsus: Wow, this blows :( /pun more » Jeb_Hoge: Turbofan, not turbojet. more » -
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Giant NASA Wind Tunnel Blows One Last Time For Concept Plane
NASA pressed a once-decommissioned wind tunnel at its Langley Research Center back into service for one last time in August to help test the prototype of the X-48C — Boeing's new, turbojet-powered, advanced blended wing body (BWB) aircraft. More » -
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One Giant Leap For Mankind: Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Today, forty years ago, mankind took a giant leap and stepped foot on the surface of our moon. It's a perfect time to celebrate with a look back at the Apollo 11 mission. More » -
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A Blast Into Space And The Amazing Fall Back To Earth
Take a ride to the edge of space with space shuttle Atlantis, following along with cameras mounted to the solid rocket boosters, then watch as they disengage and free fall all the way back to Earth. More » -
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Parking With a Gatling Gun
XKCD issue #562 depicts a scene dear to everyone’s heart who has ever witnessed a moron fail egregiously at parking. Let’s advance the idea and move from blowtorches to rotary cannons. More » -
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Bat Hangs On For Dear Life During Space Shuttle Discovery Launch
Have we gone bat-s#!t mad? Another Planelopnik post? NASA spotted a little hairy, winged mammal grasping within an inch of its life during this weeks launch of the space shuttle. Could it have been Batman?? More » -
