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Watch Boeing’s X-51A WaveRider Scramjet Blast Off To Mach 5.1
Boeing’s X-51 WaveRider Scramjet has had its share of bad luck. While its first test flight in 2010 went fine, the two that followed ended with unsatisfactory plops. Now, the USAF has just completed the fourth and final test, and the result was a screaming 370 seconds of scramjet glory and literally hypersonic speeds.
Look At SpaceShipTwo’s Rocket On Fire
In case you missed it earlier today, Virgin Galactic successfully performed its first rocket-powered test flight of the SpaceShipTwo. In other words, space tourism is nigh.
SpaceX’s Grasshopper Breaks Record For Vertical Take-Off And Landing
Another day, another Johnny Cash-accompanied test of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Grasshopper rocket. This is not to say this isn’t exciting, because consistency is the name of the game for a commercial reusable rocket, especially the Grasshopper, which can take off and land vertically.
Monster Machines: NASA’s Next Rocket Engine Could Be A Blast From The Past
Jeff Bezos isn’t the only person interested in vintage NASA technology. Public and private entities alike are actively taking a second look at the Rocketdyne F-1 engines that helped notch Saturn V rockets as the tallest, heaviest and most powerful rocket ever operated — even today, 40 years after the demise of the Apollo program.
The Science Of Rocket Fuel Explained With Plastic Bottles And Slow Motion
Rocket engines require two important ingredients to fire: fuel and an oxidiser. And to get the most bang for your buck with those ingredients, you need to find the perfect recipe.
Monster Machines: Russian Heavy Flamethrower Systems
For as cool as hurling columns of fire at your enemies is, “flamethrower guy” was one of the most dangerous jobs in the military — one stray bullet and the big canister of napalm strapped to you goes ka-boom and you along with it. So what better way to safely spread thermobaric mayhem than by incorporating your flamethrower into a T-72 Battle Tank?
How Far Can North Korea’s Missiles Actually Reach?
Though we know in theoretical terms that North Korea has missiles that could hit Los Angeles, where else could North Korea’s missiles actually hit? With all the hubbub about North Korea and its redeployment of missiles on North Korea’s eastern coast, the Washington Post created a map showing the range of North Korea’s various missiles.
Giz Explains: How NASA’s Nuclear Rockets Will Take Us Way Beyond Mars
The first people to step on to the surface of Mars won’t arrive aboard the chemical-fueled rockets that delivered Apollo 11 to the moon — they simply don’t provide enough thrust to get to the Red Planet before exposing their crews to months of dangerous space radiation. Instead, NASA is turning to long-ignored nuclear-thermal rocket technology to deliver the first Martian explorers into history.
North Korea Puts Its Rockets On Standby For Fire After US Show Of Force
According to Reuters, North Korea has readied its rockets to attack US military bases in South Korea and the Pacific Ocean after the US made a show of force earlier today by flying stealth bombers over South Korea. Kim Jong Un had apparently signed off an order for North Korea’s rockets to be “on standby for fire”.
