It’s just a cool animation, but I love this simulation of the proposed test flight of the first Orion capsule. Called Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1), Orion will reach an altitude higher than any other manned spacecraft since 1973.
Samsung’s Galaxy S phones already pack Hummingbird, one of the fastest mobile processors around. But their upcoming Orion dual-core ARM Cortex A9 makes it seem positively terrestrial.
Check out the video of the completely successful – and awesome – Orion Launch Abort System test. Hey NASA, next time you conduct one of these tests, give me a call. I’ll sign any papers you want, but I want this ride:
The phone-botherers over at Recombu have cottoned onto the fact that there’s not a single perfect phone built for gaming on. Not even the iPhone, regardless of what the advertising tells us. So they’ve created a Nokia concept, the Orion.
Looks like Flash Gordon came to Virginia this Wednesday. Here you have images and video of the spectacular Max Launch Abort System in action. Sadly, the spiffy spacecraft won’t be in Orion. Maybe they can send me one to test.
Three parts of tequila, two parts of triple-sec, one part of lime juice, then shake with ice, and filter. Oh wait, it’s just the Orion capsule getting tested for electromagnetic waves. Or something.
