Hmmm... the cars look pretty closely bunched together. If it were a practice session, I would expect everyone to be more spread out. It looks like the cars are racing. Also, there isn't much of a crowd in the grandstands, but if it were just practice I would expect pretty much no one to be there.

THAT'S IN-ENGINE FOOTAGE??

Running on what hardware? Skynet?

New view of the SpaceX landing attempt from the barge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDF2DQ5rAh0 Looks like one of the landing legs broke or collapsed from the landing, and the stage toppled to that side. Supposedly Elon Musk said something about the throttle on the center Merlin engine (the one re...

I have a coworker who doesn't turn anything off when he leaves for the day. His office lights are on, his desk lamp is often left on, and he's usually still logged into his computer with multiple apps left open (for example, anyone walking past can read his email). Every day it looks like he not so ...

It's a history thread. Does this stuff have to be relevant? The officer I knew that did it was a major and that was 5 years ago so it had been a while. Oh, sorry, I wasn't questioning the relevancy of your post. I was honestly just wondering if any F-14s (other than the Iranian ones) were still aro...

Are there any F-14s left anywhere? My understanding was that the Navy was pretty thorough in scrapping them because they didn't want even the remotest chance of any spare parts making their way to the Shah-era F-14s purchased by Iran.

The Marines are still carrying institutional memories of being effectively abandoned by the US Navy (and its aircraft carriers) for several months on Guadalcanal in 1942. Ever since then, it has been an integral part of their battle plan to take their own air support with them over the beach, which...

The Marines are still carrying institutional memories of being effectively abandoned by the US Navy (and its aircraft carriers) for several months on Guadalcanal in 1942. Ever since then, it has been an integral part of their battle plan to take their own air support with them over the beach, which...

Some people don't understand the idea of a sunk cost. It's sad.

Just because you're in a hole doesn't mean you're obliged to keep digging.

The billions of dollars spent on the jet already are gone. Buh-bye. The hundreds of billions of dollars that are planned to be spent on the program over the next five decades have not. Be smart. Use the money that's already been invested in the F-35 and migrate that technology to a proper mix of co...

Better video of the SpaceX near landing, including the ensuing RUD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhMSzC1crr0 If you watch the top of the stage, you can see one of the RCS (reaction control system) thrusters blasting away in vain trying to keep the stage upright, but it can't quite manage to hold i...

No. I was a huge CART/Indycar fan before the split, and I will carry an unbridled hatred for Tony George all of the remaining days of my life. Current Indycar racing is a hollow shell of what it once was, and I don't pay much attention at all.

I recently downloaded Beast: The Top Secret Ilmor-Penske Race Car That Shocked the World at the 1994 Indy 500 , which is free on Kindle Unlimited. I'll let everyone know if the book is any good. Really enjoyed it. It's not too heavy on the technical details but just enough to show how large the tas...

Chase-plane video of the landing of the Falcon 9 first stage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL7uIR2pDpo As Elon Musk said, it looks like there was too much lateral movement. The Falcon 9 swings pretty far to the left to correct that lateral movement, and it looks like the stage is still swinging ba...

Today's primary mission for SpaceX went flawlessly, and the unmanned Dragon spacecraft is on its way to the ISS. The first stage landed on the drone ship but "excess lateral velocity" caused the stage to tip over. It's not clear yet whether it tipped over and stayed on the deck or tipped over and fe...

I recently downloaded Beast: The Top Secret Ilmor-Penske Race Car That Shocked the World at the 1994 Indy 500, which is free on Kindle Unlimited. I'll let everyone know if the book is any good.

I clicked on the live stream at t-minus 3 minutes........ managed to get all of 12 seconds in. :face: Eh, you didn't miss much. All of the interesting stuff starts at T=0. Today's weather was supposedly a 60% go for launch, but the weather for tomorrow is looking even worse at 50%. Not sure when th...

i find it hard to believe the pens would pay two coaches not to coach next year

Why not? Based on on-ice performance, they're already paying at least two defensemen not to pay defense.

Ba-dum-bum.

Yeah, so close. One of the weather rules is that anvil clouds (basically thunderstorms) cannot be within a certain distance, and it looks like a nearby storm just managed to drift into that radius. Because the launch window to the ISS is instantaneous (i.e., the rocket must launch exactly on time to...

Thus far, everything is green for launch, including the weather. It also sounds like the weather is pretty decent for where the Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship is waiting.

So if a woman develops a fear of men as the result of a violent rape, then under this judge's logic shouldn't her rapist get a light sentence due to the victim's "sexist" fear of men?

Woo, got my CharGriller barrel grill Saturday. I seasoned the grates in the oven with some fresh bacon drippings. Any other suggestions before I fire her up tonight and cook a sirloin steak?

Spent some quality time on Pillars of Eternity over the weekend. I'm really enjoying this game, although it can be darn hard at points. I dropped down to the Easy difficulty level for a while, but now that my party is up to roughly level eight, I can manage on Normal again. The first three difficult...

Assuming no constraints, SpaceX will be launching the CRS-6 resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) today at 16:33 Eastern time. The unmanned Dragon spacecraft is carrying more than 4,300 pounds of supplies and payloads. This mission will also feature another attempt to land the Fa...

Most recent president that you would vote for in 2016?
My gut feeling says Eisenhower.

Possibly Calvin Coolidge. Definitely Grover Cleveland.