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Title: Rockets!
Post by: bayonetbrant on September 15, 2018, 07:50:21 PM
https://twitter.com/vladivlad777/status/1040540932020621312
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Post by: bbmike on September 15, 2018, 07:54:01 PM
(http://www.aarcentral.com/pics2/pm.png)
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Post by: Barthheart on September 15, 2018, 08:59:29 PM
 :ROFL:

Man, you are old!  :bigthumb:
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Post by: mirth on September 28, 2018, 03:06:00 PM
https://twitter.com/USNHistory/status/1045750037576388608
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Post by: mirth on September 30, 2018, 05:31:06 PM
https://twitter.com/NuclearAnthro/status/722269212224294916
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Post by: bbmike on September 30, 2018, 05:43:23 PM
^This one's just wrong on so many levels:

(http://www.aarcentral.com/pics2/CgYEA65UAAEYYFP.jpg)
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Post by: mirth on October 01, 2018, 01:32:27 PM
https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1046814524584673280
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Post by: mirth on October 03, 2018, 10:45:22 PM
https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1047676769254428672
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Post by: Barthheart on October 04, 2018, 06:26:02 AM
And the fact that they can land something that huge on 4 skids is just astounding.  :o  :bigthumb:
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Post by: bob48 on October 04, 2018, 06:42:57 AM
True - at least, when it works, anyway. very impressive to watch it land on the barge.
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Post by: mirth on October 04, 2018, 06:45:23 AM
I'm sure it's impressive when it doesn't work too. Just in a very different way.  :D
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Post by: bob48 on October 04, 2018, 06:47:36 AM
LOL, yeah - I guess so  ;D
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Post by: mirth on October 05, 2018, 11:06:28 AM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1048227595354038272
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Post by: bob48 on October 05, 2018, 12:20:09 PM
Light the blue touch paper and retire......................
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Post by: mirth on October 07, 2018, 10:50:17 PM
https://twitter.com/BoardGameBloke/status/1049128375124512768
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Post by: mirth on October 07, 2018, 11:01:28 PM
https://twitter.com/AstroStaab/status/1049129047857360896
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Post by: mirth on October 11, 2018, 06:53:51 AM
https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/1050334699212615681
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Post by: Barthheart on October 11, 2018, 07:52:13 AM
Yikes!  :o
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Post by: mirth on October 11, 2018, 09:03:43 AM
https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1050370438822539264
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Post by: mirth on October 11, 2018, 12:19:40 PM
https://twitter.com/nktpnd/status/1050148366557081602
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Post by: mirth on October 18, 2018, 11:03:13 AM
https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1052937352732188677
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Post by: bbmike on October 18, 2018, 11:19:27 AM
^Great photo.
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Post by: MIGs on October 24, 2018, 12:21:39 PM
https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1050370438822539264

Sorta looks like it was made by Anusol  ;)
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Post by: mirth on November 18, 2018, 03:29:51 AM
https://twitter.com/sovietvisuals/status/1064050389832671232
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Post by: mirth on November 19, 2018, 04:58:48 PM
https://twitter.com/arawnsley/status/1064519596953219078
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Post by: besilarius on January 12, 2019, 07:12:02 PM
Early rockets in development.

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Post by: mirth on March 10, 2019, 06:09:57 PM
https://twitter.com/RocketRundown/status/1104694525933613056
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Post by: mirth on March 10, 2019, 06:12:45 PM
https://twitter.com/RocketRundown/status/1104367203758100480
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Post by: bob48 on March 10, 2019, 06:24:18 PM
That's a heck of a picture!
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Post by: mirth on March 28, 2019, 09:49:34 AM
https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1111262923408752641
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Post by: Sir Slash on March 28, 2019, 11:40:51 AM
Not shown in the picture is a Yankee in their car thinking it's Wal-Mart and yelling, "I saw that parking place FIRST"!   :go-on:
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Post by: BanzaiCat on March 28, 2019, 11:54:44 AM
(https://www.nba.com/rockets/sites/rockets/files/injuryupdate_0.png)
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Post by: mirth on April 03, 2019, 07:26:35 PM
https://twitter.com/MichaelGalanin/status/1113582022566584320
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Post by: Staggerwing on April 03, 2019, 07:29:03 PM
Flying cars come soon, Mon
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Post by: Sir Slash on April 03, 2019, 07:38:14 PM
Cue the Jetsons video.
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Post by: mirth on April 19, 2019, 12:43:32 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27535/updating-americas-land-based-ballistic-missile-nuclear-sponge-is-a-100b-waste
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Post by: mirth on April 23, 2019, 04:05:23 PM
https://twitter.com/USNHistory/status/1120771899125108737
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Post by: Staggerwing on April 23, 2019, 08:02:34 PM
Interesting. Is that a Privateer that the missile is loaded on?
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Post by: mirth on April 24, 2019, 02:51:37 AM
In Soviet Russia, wingman shoot you down!

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27620/russian-mig-31-foxhound-shot-down-its-wingman-during-disastrous-live-fire-exercise
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Post by: Sir Slash on April 24, 2019, 11:12:46 AM
Opps! Looks like he'll be spending a lot more time in Siberia.  :'(
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Post by: mirth on April 24, 2019, 11:15:07 AM
Interesting. Is that a Privateer that the missile is loaded on?

Yes, according to Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASM-N-2_Bat
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Post by: Staggerwing on April 24, 2019, 12:55:56 PM
Thanks. I thought it looked familiar.
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Post by: mirth on April 25, 2019, 09:01:45 AM
https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1121398458315886592
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Post by: trailrunner on April 25, 2019, 02:36:05 PM
https://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1121398458315886592

Also OTD in 1961, trailrunner was launched.  He's been veering off course ever since.   :)
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Post by: mirth on April 25, 2019, 02:48:21 PM
Happy Birthday!   :bigthumb:
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Post by: bbmike on April 25, 2019, 03:06:00 PM
Happy Birthday!   :bigthumb:

+1  (http://www.aarcentral.com/emoti/party-smiley-031.gif)
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Post by: Barthheart on April 25, 2019, 03:27:43 PM
Happy Birthday!   :bigthumb:

+1  (http://www.aarcentral.com/emoti/party-smiley-031.gif)

+2
Yer older than me.  :bigthumb:
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Post by: bob48 on April 25, 2019, 03:29:40 PM
Happy Birthday, trailrunner.!  :party:
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Post by: Sir Slash on April 25, 2019, 03:32:36 PM
Happy Birthday Trailrunner! Are you, 'legal' yet?
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Post by: trailrunner on April 25, 2019, 03:36:20 PM
Happy Birthday Trailrunner! Are you, 'legal' yet?

Depends what you have in mind.   >:D
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Post by: BanzaiCat on April 25, 2019, 06:01:00 PM
Daybirth happy!
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Post by: Staggerwing on April 25, 2019, 07:18:16 PM
Happy Cakeday TR!
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Post by: bbmike on April 25, 2019, 07:31:44 PM
Mmmmmmm, cakeday......

(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/7/7f/Mmm.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20121205194537)
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Post by: Sir Slash on April 25, 2019, 11:26:39 PM
By, 'legal' I meant are you old enough to take the fall for all the shit I'd pull if we went out drinking? And drive me home afterward.  ::)
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Post by: mirth on May 09, 2019, 06:58:36 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27917/secret-hellfire-missile-with-sword-like-blades-made-mysterious-syria-strike-on-terror-leader
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Post by: Sir Slash on May 09, 2019, 11:16:30 PM
Isn't that what Hela used in Thor: Ragnorak? Or was that one of the Transformers?
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Post by: mirth on May 21, 2019, 01:30:03 PM
https://twitter.com/thewarzonewire/status/1130642081439932416
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Post by: Barthheart on May 21, 2019, 01:47:09 PM
Let the Russians have the Turks. They are becoming way too much trouble for the small worth. US backed Israel is more than enough deterrent for a Russian back Turkey.
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Post by: Staggerwing on May 21, 2019, 07:14:14 PM
Yeah. Give the F35s to the Kurds instead. They could use a goodwill gesture from us about now.
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Post by: mirth on May 28, 2019, 11:38:41 AM
https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-russia-s-soyuz-rocket-get-hit-by-lightning-mid-launch/amp (https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-russia-s-soyuz-rocket-get-hit-by-lightning-mid-launch/amp)



https://twitter.com/Rogozin/status/1132970813790015489
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Post by: Sir Slash on May 28, 2019, 03:12:36 PM
Thor disapproves of Soyuz.  :nope:
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Post by: BanzaiCat on May 29, 2019, 07:41:17 AM
In Soviet Russia, Soyuz disapproves of Thor.

Proof that it just kinda shrugged that lightning bolt off without a wobble. I'm actually shocked it didn't come apart like a Robb Stark wedding alliance. :)
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Post by: Staggerwing on May 29, 2019, 07:49:50 AM
Guess that clunky 50's vintage hardware design ethos has an upside after all.
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Post by: Sir Slash on May 29, 2019, 11:34:00 AM
Since the event Vlad has out-lawed lightning.
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Post by: mirth on July 12, 2019, 09:32:13 AM
https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1149672280374382592
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Post by: bbmike on July 12, 2019, 09:49:37 AM
^That's way, way cool! May have to try to see that.  :bigthumb:
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Post by: bayonetbrant on July 12, 2019, 10:18:19 AM
^That's way, way cool! May have to try to see that.  :bigthumb:


that is very awesome.  Not sure I can swing a road trip just to see it, but is very cool
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Post by: BanzaiCat on August 05, 2019, 10:32:25 AM
I'd love to check out the Air & Space Museum again. I loved that place when I was younger.
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Post by: mirth on December 31, 2019, 03:01:17 PM
https://twitter.com/BT0731/status/1212097304385081344
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Post by: Staggerwing on December 31, 2019, 04:27:01 PM
I'm no rocket scientist but I don't think it's supposed to do that...
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Post by: bob48 on December 31, 2019, 05:04:20 PM
No. Maybe someone had it in reverse gear by mistake?
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Post by: Staggerwing on December 31, 2019, 05:08:37 PM
Or maybe the Fetzer valves needed some gauze and 3-in-1 oil. It's all ball-bearings these days...
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Post by: Barthheart on December 31, 2019, 05:28:20 PM
Rocketry... where even yer failures are spectacular.
 :o
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Post by: mirth on February 26, 2020, 04:48:27 PM
https://twitter.com/AIAspeaks/status/1232725702484668417
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Post by: Sir Slash on February 26, 2020, 07:34:16 PM
 :applause: :applause: :applause:
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Post by: mirth on June 24, 2020, 06:07:57 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/news/33905/chryslers-radical-space-shuttle-design-was-50-years-ahead-of-its-time