Infograph: Inside The Hyperloop – The 5th Form of Transportation?

August 9, 2013 at 5:00 pm

Mashable shared this nice infograph developed by Gocompare.com that breaks down the details of the much anticipated Hyperloop, a new form of transportation backed by innovative entrepreneur Elon Musk.  It warrants attention, knowing it is backed by Elon Musk, who has already wowed the world with his transportation ventures like SpaceX and Tesla. It is expect that Elon Musk will unveil the Alpha design and discuss the details of the Hyperloop on August 12.. Can’t wait!

Image Courtesy: GoCompare.com via Mashable.com

 

Friday Fun: Dancing on the deck – F-35 Ship Suitability Testing

October 5, 2012 at 6:29 pm

Saw this beauty on my way out the door to start the weekend..   It is a bit old – Oct 2011- but still awesome to watch the beast fly in and out of the deck of a floating pad.. Description (as shown in the video below): the F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing variant completed ship suitability testing aboard the USS WASP (LHD-1) off the coast of Virginia in October 2011. Combined, F-35B test aircraft BF-2 and BF-4 accomplished 72 short takeoffs and 72 vertical landings during the three-week testing period.

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On a related note, if you are an aviation/space enthusiast, there is a good reason why you should be up early on Sunday .. This weekend is you get to see the launch of the SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services-1 (CRS-1) mission. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Capsule is scheduled for 8:35 p.m. EDT on Sunday. Launch coverage will begin at 7 p.m. on NASA Television and http://www.nasa.gov/ntv. On Saturday, NASA TV will air an International Space Station Science Briefing at 3 p.m. and the SpaceX CRS-1 Prelaunch News Conference at 6 p.m. Have fun!

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Visual Narration of A Dragon’s Fiery Plunge From Space

June 1, 2012 at 5:39 pm

Private space venture SpaceX successfully launched its space capsule last week and safely brought back the capsule yesterday. Here are a few pictures sourced from the web (primarily via tweets) that tell you the story as the craft arrived on earth…

http://storify.com/transportgooru/visually-narration-of-a-dragon-s-fiery-plunge-from

Visually Narration of A Dragon’s Fiery Plunge From Space

Private space venture SpaceX successfully launched its space capsule last week and safely brought back the capsule yesterday. Here are a few pictures sourced from the web (primarily via tweets) that tell you the story as the craft arrived on earth…

Storified by Andy Palanisamy · Fri, Jun 01 2012 18:39:17

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Around 1000 SpaceX employees stand behind SpaceX Mission Control waiting for Dragon’s return to Earth. http://pic.twitter.com/FnMC6HKmSpaceX
More #Dragon images #SpaceX: descent on main parachutes http://pic.twitter.com/KaHD91MGInara Pey
RT @SpaceX: Dragon’s main parachutes just after splashdown in the Pacific http://pic.twitter.com/f0MuRp1lMark
#Dragon COTS-2+ Dragon Splashdown #DragonLaunch #SpaceX #ISS #NASA #Spacetweeps http://spaceshuttlealmanac.com http://twitpic.com/9rjswaSpaceShuttleAlmanac
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There’s a #Dragon in the water! #SpaceX http://pic.twitter.com/5Go9l8WqInara Pey
First picture of #Dragon in the ocean as it awaits recovery. http://pic.twitter.com/sEtwNqagSpaceX
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After splashdown a dive team secured Dragon before it was lifted onto a barge (Credit: NASA/US Navy) http://pic.twitter.com/OqF7ghXZSpaceX
Dragon on the barge after being retrieved from the Pacific Ocean after splashdown. http://pic.twitter.com/fpHwApc0SpaceX
That was in space! Cool! RT @SpaceX Dragon on the barge after being retrieved from the Pacific Ocean after splashdown. http://pic.twitter.com/gnCuoFADDan St. John
RT @MarkLiederbach: Before, During, and After. The life of the @SpaceX #Dragon capsule :) #NASASocial http://pic.twitter.com/8dhtPC5JStephan Myers
And this image below sums up how nerds like me felt to see this new chapter in space history was written..
Totally stoked about success of #SpaceX ‘s #Dragon congrats to buddy & partner in crime, Denise, & who works for SpaceX http://pic.twitter.com/FEHIsrmjKathie Sedwick