As astrophysicist, author and lecturerNeil deGrasse TysontoldNational Public Radioin 2012, "I could stand in front of eighth graders and say, 'Who wants to be an aerospace engineer so you can design an airplane 20 percent more fuel-efficient than the one your parents flew?' That doesn't ...
As satellites for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) watched from orbit, a massive explosion rocked the Siberian wilderness. The fireball had an estimated destructive power of three kilotons, or about 1/4 the strength of the Hiroshima bomb. Initially NORAD suspected a nuclear te...
I was once the Production Manager in a small aerospace instrumentation firm with a Chief Engineer whose only claim to fame as far as I could tell, was his ability to make everything he was involved with seem much more complex than it was. I once went to chat with him about a specialize...
Then, when we rid ourselves of prejudice, or racial feeling, and look facts in the face, we must acknowledge that, notwithstanding the cruelty and moral wrong of slavery, the ten million Negroes inhabiting this country, who themselves or whose ancestors went through the school of American slaver...
Today the wheel seems poised to bring about another such change, and though the impact this time might not alter civilization as we know it, it may yet prove to be revolutionary. 116 CommentsSources Discover article on Jack Bitterly's engine Wikipedia: The Gyrobus NASA's Aerospace Flywheel ...
Today the wheel seems poised to bring about another such change, and though the impact this time might not alter civilization as we know it, it may yet prove to be revolutionary. 116 CommentsSources Discover article on Jack Bitterly's engine Wikipedia: The Gyrobus NASA's Aerospace Flywheel ...