Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Space X to the ISS!

They got it on the second attempt.



The earlier attempt didn't fly when the engines shut down due to a bad check valve on one of the nine engines.

47 years ago, Gemini 6 also had a launchpad shutdown after the engines fired and were shut down by the onboard computer.

Anyway, when Space X can get their capsule man-rated, they can start flying crews to the ISS and compete with the Russians.

4 comments:

w3ski said...

Nice to see "American Technology" at the front again. I was looking at a pic of the Golden Gate Bridge and thinking how hopeless building that would be in this age. At least we can build rockets of some sort besides 'Tank Busters'.
There is some hope for us I guess.
w3ski

w3ski said...

On the other hand, What a sight. The amount of thrust necessary to lift that much weight is unbelievable. Now all we need is that guy with the warp engine and we are Off.
In my lifetime too, Wow.
w3ski

Comrade Misfit said...

Yeah, well, at least the Merlin engine is made in this country. Unlike the Atlas, which uses the Russian RD-180 engine.

Spud said...

Watched it from my backyard yesterday. Woohoo !