Atomic clocks aren't radioactive; in fact they have to use stable atoms so as to get the best stability.

(Written on 2021年07月23日)(Permalink)

Wouldn't the FAA get annoyed at influencers staging fake emergency landings in fields? And they'd find out pretty quick...

(Written on 2021年07月23日)(Permalink)

It wasn't even an attempted space flight. My understanding is that it takes about sixty times as much energy to get into orbit as it takes to get up to an altitude you could call "space". More info: https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/

(Written on 2021年07月16日)(Permalink)

Increasing bio-fuel production increases the amount of carbon taken out of the atmosphere when the feed stock is grown. Increasing coal/oil production doesn't do that; nobody's pumping CO2 into the ground to make more coal or petroleum. (That said, I'm not a big fan of bio-fuels; they take a lot of energy and land to produce.)

(Written on 2021年05月07日)(Permalink)

Video worked for me (after an ad); didn't try the link...

(Written on 2021年04月30日)(Permalink)

Check out the camera's image stabilization keying on the runway; everything else (including the falcon) is jiggling all over the place, but the runway stays locked.

(Written on 2021年04月30日)(Permalink)

Love the condensation as the intake air decompresses.

(Written on 2021年03月19日)(Permalink)

I read it as "Banning Canyons"; not sure how you'd fit one on the plane...

(Written on 2021年02月19日)(Permalink)

Hi; would you explain this for us vicarious-only pilots?

(Written on 2021年01月15日)(Permalink)

I bet the 747's pilot wished he had a horn to lean on as the wingtip approached.

(Written on 2020年11月20日)(Permalink)