Blueprints

Science

12 NASA Blueprints To Help You Build Your Own Spaceship

4:40AM August 20, 2011 | Oobject.com

Just because the Shuttle Program is kaput doesn’t mean you can’t cobble together a lunar lander from spare parts. Our friends at Oobject have collected 12 of NASA’s best to get you started. More »

Blueprint For A Hangover

10:20AM January 24, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

The good people at Flowing Data uncovered this old graphic which they dubbed the “Engineer’s Guide to Drinks”. The name’s fitting: unless you’re an engineer these detailed diagrams will probably leave you more frustrated than inebriated. More »

How To: Build Your Own Full-Scale Eiffel Tower

8:00AM December 25, 2009 | John Herrman

So you’ve got your 7000 metric tons of puddling iron, your unruly 19th-century French construction crew, your Michelin-starred chef and a Rosetta Stone French DVD. Today, finally, you have the final piece: Blueprints! More »

Cars

Blueprints of Obama’s Boring Helicopter Leaked to Iran Over P2P

9:45PM March 2, 2009 | John Herrman

President Obama isn’t very excited about his fancy new helicopter, but that’s not his fault—he just hasn’t seen its super-neat blueprints yet, because he’s not allowed to have Limewire.

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