Looks like this would be fun to fly

Looks like this would be fun to fly…  

Another what if photo of the Thunderbirds in the latest jets

Another what if photo of the Thunderbirds in the latest jets…  

Yet something else I have never seen

Yet something else I have never seen…  

TWELVE TOMORROWS (2016) – New Release

Time to pick up the current and past issues for some good Sci Fi Reading….! Originally shared by +Daniel Suarez TWELVE TOMORROWS (2016) – New Release +MIT Technology Review has long been one of my favorite tech and science magazines, so I was honored when Bruce Sterling asked me to contribute to their fourth annual Science Fiction Anthology (2016), Twelve Tomorrows. Described as "science fiction inspired by today's new technologies", this year's collection includes my short story, All the Childhood You Can Afford , alongside visionary sci-fi tales from a host of talented authors — plus a gallery of classic sci-fi artwork by the late Virgil Finlay. To grab your copy, visit:http://www.technologyreview.com/twelvetomorrows/16/ Editor: Bruce SterlingArtwork: Virgil Finlay (1914-1971)Short Stories by: Paola Antonelli, Ned Beauman, Ilona Gaynor, Nick Harkaway, John Kessel, Annalee Newitz, Pepe Rojo, Bruce Sterling, Charles Stross, Daniel Suarez, Jo-Lindsay Walton  

Thunderbirds return to Kentucky today

Thunderbirds return to Kentucky today…… It's been 40 years…  

Hmm an SR71 photo I had not seen as of yet

Hmm an SR71 photo I had not seen as of yet…. No idea who took this or where it came from.. I thought I had seen them all…  

Great looking racer

Great looking racer….  

Now that takes a special kind of pilot

Now that takes a special kind of pilot….  

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Open wide

Open wide….  

This must be from a video game or the Thunderbirds just got much more awesome at airshows

This must be from a video game or the Thunderbirds just got much more awesome at airshows…..  

Here is a tougher one to figure out

Here is a tougher one to figure out…  

Earth orbit isn't so much "high" as "fast." The ISS routinely passes closer to my house than Los Angeles; it wouldn't be a terribly far commute. The only problem is that, if I were to travel in a straight line those 249 miles up to touch it, I would then simply be 249 miles above the ground, and what would happen next is technically known as "falling."

Originally shared by +Yonatan Zunger Things stay in orbit not by being high up, but by moving fast enough that they continually fall towards the ground and miss. Draw a line between yourself and the center of the Earth; gravity is pulling you along that line. Point your nose perpendicular to that line, and go: your normal straight-line motion is moving you away from the Earth. The art of orbiting is simply the art of keeping those two things in balance, so that you're moving so quickly through space that you're losing altitude through falling at the same speed that you're gaining it through hurtling. Of course, you have to be going kind of fast for this to work. The ISS travels at a steady speed of 7.6km (4.76 miles) per second. This is why spacecraft don't simply fly straight up; they fly up about 26,000' to get out of the thickest part of the air, then turn 90° and thrust for speed. (This post talks more about why that makes more sense than taking off horizontally like an airplane: https://plus.google.com/+YonatanZunger/posts/VsYyUDxFUDr) It probably won't surprise you that when you're flying at this speed, running into things is not a good […]

Do drones count as planes to you? Or are true planes only flown by sitting in th…

Do drones count as planes to you? Or are true planes only flown by sitting in them?   In Album 9/5/15

Russia / MAKS 2015

Originally shared by +**** Beriev Be-200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beriev_Be-200  

Ah the worlds laziest device

Ah the worlds laziest device….  

Russia / MAKS 2015

Nice work +Olav de With​ Originally shared by +Olav de With Russia / MAKS 2015Sukhoi Su-35  

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Real or fake?

Real or fake?  

Name that plane

Name that plane………..