A few years ago, back when the Constellation Program was still alive, NASA engineers discovered that the Ares I rocket had a crucial flaw, one that could have jeopardised the entire project. They panicked. They plotted. They steeled themselves for the hundreds of millions of dollars it was going to take to make things right. More »
Her name is Lana Sator and she sneaked into one of NPO Energomash factories outside of Moscow. Her photos are amazing, like sets straight out of the next Alien movie. More »
Destroying enemy vehicles would be a lot easier if the little SOB’s would just sit still and take what’s coming to them — what’s coming being a 2.5-inch Hydra-70 rocket. But of course they don’t, so the Navy’s upgrading its existing stock of rockets with Low-Cost Imaging Terminal Seeker technology. Let’s see them run now. More »
You know what looks like a lot of fun? Dropping Soviet T-80 battle tanks from huge Soviet cargo planes, using both a parachute and retro-rockets to slow them down just before they land safely on Earth. Don’t believe me? Watch. More »
You might think NASA’s not doing a lot these days, what with the dismantling of the manned space program and everything, but they’re still making explosions. Now there’s video: the J-2X, which NASA says is our next ticket to space. More »
Those crazy genius at SpaceX have a new plan: fully reusable rockets. Their system is surprisingly simple, but they don’t know if it will work. But CEO Elon Musk says they are going to try it. Here’s the low down. More »
This glitchy music video, created by Desrumaux Celine, is like watching the Apollo launches, but through the lens of a Hanna-Barbara Saturday morning cartoon. More »
