• Technology

    A Brief History of the Apollo Hoax

    By Jason Daley Posted on 10.1.2008 35 Comments

    When Neil Armstrong pressed the first bootprint into the Sea of Tranquility, most of humanity watched the televised low-res blob and felt pride welling up in their chests. But a few watchers felt something entirely different—an unconfirmed, squinty-eyed skepticism that something about the whole deal smelled fishy. How could the United States, which could barely put a chimp into space in 1961, get two full-grown men on the surface of the moon eight years later? How could anyone confirm that men actually made it to the moon? And, how, exactly, had that $25 billion Apollo budget been spent?

    10.5.2008 at 08:44am - Comment by rodgouin

    HELLO HopefullyPessimistic OK... YOU WROTE: The shadow question is valid...Also, the moon has no atmosphere. No atmosphere means no air molecules (Nitrogen Oxygen, etc.) also means no wind. So why does the flag in the picture appear to be flapping in the wind? I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. HOWEVER WHEN I WAS 10 YRS OLD, THE FLAG STANDING OUT WAS EXPLAINED BY A MISSION CONTROLS NARATOR, THAT THE FLAG WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH VERY STIFF WIRES TO BETTER SHOW OUR PRIDE FOR THE FLAG. I FIND THE FIRST LAUNCH AS MAKE BELIEVE, EXTREMELY POSSIBLE. HOWEVER FUTURE FLIGHTS I BELIEVE MAY HAVE BEEN GENUINE. I LOVE THIS FORUM!! ROD THE AIRPLANE DOCTOR

  • Technology

    All Aboard the AeroTrain

    By Posted on 9.25.2008 13 Comments

    In this age of eternal flight delays, traveling from New York to Miami in the scheduled three hours sounds like a fantasy. Yet within a decade, aircraft designer Abe Karem plans to fix that by bypassing congested runways in his tilt-rotor, vertical-takeoff commercial plane, the AeroTrain. Sitting on a helipad with its twin rotors tilted straight up, the craft can take off vertically and fly like a helicopter. Once the plane has reached a safe altitude of 50 feet, the pilot will tilt the rotors forward and fly the craft like an airplane.

    10.5.2008 at 07:52am - Comment by rodgouin

    ROTARY WING: BEATING THE WIND INTO SUBMISSION. I KNOW THIS IS A GREATLY VIABLE CONCEPT. WE WILL SURELY SET THIS TO FLY BY WIRE, AND IT WILL WORK WITH FURTHER TRIAL AND ERROR. ROD

  • Technology

    FusionMan Makes Historic Jet-Propelled Flight

    By Abby Seiff Posted on 9.26.2008 8 Comments

    Following in the vapor trail of aviator Louis Bleriot, Yves Rossy made a historic flight of his own across the English Channel this morning. After yesterday's poor weather delayed his planned passage, Rossy—also known as FusionMan—became the first human to cross using jet propulsion.

    10.5.2008 at 04:26am - Comment by rodgouin

    I BELIEVE A YOUTUBE VIDEO CLAIMS HIS AIRSPEED WAS 180 K.P.H. IN POWERED FLIGHT. IM NOT TOTALLY SURE THOUGH. THAT SPEED IS PLENTY FAST FOR A GROSS WEIGHT OF APPROX. 300LBS. HIS JET WEIGHS 120 LBS WITH NO FUEL AT LANDING AND THE REST WOULD BE HIS BODY WEIGHT. ABSOLUTELY AWE INSPIRING FLIGHT!

  • Technology

    Is the US Out of the ISS?

    By Stuart Fox Posted on 9.9.2008 5 Comments

    The International Space Station maybe not be international for much longer. According to an NASA email leaked (by an undetermined source) to the Orlando Sentinel, the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2010 will cede de facto control of the ISS to Russia. That control will come just as NASA finishes assembling the ISS in 2011.

    10.5.2008 at 04:04am - Comment by rodgouin

    THE BY LINE IS [By Stuart Fox] SIR RESPECTFULLY, YOU NEED TO CHECK YOUR GRAMMAR AND SPELLING. ITS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A WRITER MAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRAMMATICAL ERRORS LIKE THIS. THIS READS: "The International Space Station [ maybe not be ] international for much longer. According to [ an ] NASA email" COME ON DUDE... WHERE WERE YOU DURING YOUR THIRD GRADE ENGLISH CLASS?? YOU WORK FOR POP-SCI AND THERE IS NO EXCUSE TO SEE AND READ THESE ERRORS. ALSO I LOVED THE COMMENT BY Strangedayz26!!!!!! COMMERCIAL ENDEAVORS ARE GOING TO GO CRAZY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BLAST NASA AWAY WITH COMMERCIAL FUNDING!! I CANT WAIT... DUDE YOU ARE MORE THAN RIGHT ON THIS ONE!!! WHO KNOWS?? WALMART AND STARBUCKS MIGHT BE UP THERE BEFORE NASA RETURNS!! ROD GOUIN AVIATION MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN FAA DOT #47620801AP

  • Technology

    Steve Fossett's Plane Discovered

    By Abby Seiff Posted on 10.2.2008 4 Comments

    Almost 13 months after adventurer Steve Fossett disappeared in a single-engine plane over Nevada, and a year to the day since the search was suspended, the wreckage of his Bellanca 8KCAB (N240R) has been discovered in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Fossett's body is still missing.

    10.5.2008 at 03:26am - Comment by rodgouin

    NO REMAINS FOUND. I HAVE FLOWN ALOT AND HIKED ALOT OVER THIS WILDERNESS TYPE. UN-FORTUNATLY THERE ARE ALOT OF HUNGRY ANIMALS THAT LIVE THERE. AN INJURED PERSON WOULD NOT LAST LONG OUT THERE BEFORE NATURE TOOK ITS COURSE. GOD REST HIS SOUL, THAT HE FELT NO PAIN. RODERICK GOUIN FAA DOT A&P#47620801



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