A ‘Giant Leap’ for Commercial Space
The first of two companies hired by NASA to fly cargo to the International Space Station is preparing for a test flight on Saturday, a harbinger of a new type of public-private partnership.
“It is, by all accounts, an important step, bordering on a giant leap, for commercial space,” said Michael Lopez-Alegria, a former astronaut who now heads the Commercial Spaceflight Federation trade organization.
“We are at a brink of a milestone moment in our space history,” added NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver.
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Kaman K-MAX by Trent Bell on Flickr.
F-14s
(Source: retrowar, via air-superiority)
going supersonic
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(Source: iraffiruse, via fuckyeahdementia)
“Miss Lillian Boyer, aerial acrobat” (1922, via)
Winching by Donald Macleod on Flickr.
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HITCH The retired space shuttle Enterprise is seen atop a modified 747 heading towards a landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, NY, Friday. (Photo: Anthony Delmundo / New York Daily News)
Obama Campaign: ‘Welcome to the General Election’
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There’s something quite disturbing about that image.
chomp chomp
This was the first time a C-130 fuselage was transported in a C-5
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SR-71 Blackbird (by Steelopus)
Sometimes I take photos.
I love the way this turned out. If you look at any particular point and de-focus your eyes a bit, the Blackbird almost completely disappears.
Corsair 1944
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Graphic: How an Israeli pre-emptive attack on Iran could play out. The National Post graphics team takes a look.
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