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World's Fastest Wind Tunnel Goes Hypersonic [Mega Engineering]io9 - Nov 3, 2008 Wind tunnels have been used to test race cars, fighter planes, even bobsleds, but there's only one wind tunnel in the world that can hit Mach 30. The LENS-X wind tunnel can hit the hypersonic speeds necessary to test … Also tagged: science, nasa, hypersonic, wind tunnel, mega engineering, cubrc, lens x |
io9 - Oct 7, 2008
When the struggling writer is pitching a book to an agent, he or she had better have a book, right? Well, Finnish SF author Hannu Rajaniemi sold three of them to classy UK-based Orion imprint Gollacz based on a mere 24 …
Also tagged: books, book deal, robert j sawyer, gollacz, hannu rajaniemi
io9 - Aug 15, 2008
It's hard to imagine anything more unpleasant than being stuck in a metal can millions of miles from home with a crazy person. Space missions to Mars and beyond will need a way to deal with the boredom, isolation and …
Also tagged: space exploration, mars, nasa, david bowie, space madness, american psychological association, crazy astronauts
io9 - Jul 5, 2008
They're the core characters behind DC's summer extravaganza Final Crisis, but that doesn't mean that you necessarily know who Darkseid, Orion, Metron or any of the rest of the New Gods actually are. Before "evil wins" …
Also tagged: top, dc comics, darkseid, final crisis, new gods, forever people, mister miracle
io9 - May 22, 2008
NASA officials are whining that the Russian space program is unsafe. True, the last two Soyuz capsules have had rough re-entries, but none of the crew got a scratch on them. In fact, last we checked the Russian space …
Also tagged: rant, spaceflight, nasa, soyuz
io9 - Apr 23, 2008
The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.Ever since the Columbia disaster, NASA's been hurting for some good press in the crewed spaceflight program. Agency scientists think they have the …
io9 - Mar 27, 2008
Actually, we aren't sure if this is Orion, but we just couldn't pass up a nice Blade Runner reference. This spaceship or space station looks like it's been attacked and is about to fall victim to the gravity of the …
Also tagged: art, space, star wars, retro, vintage, artwork, concept art, spaceship