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Compare with the B-17 Flying Fortress: 35,600 feet, according to wiki. Interesting. ---------- Post added at 05:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:33 PM ---------- Also, the B-17 is notable as one of the toughest aircraft in history, able to take a literally unbelievable amount of...

In the US the saying goes that on St. Patrick's Day everyone is Irish for one day. The US has a large ethnic Irish population and so this was a way to celebrate their heritage, especially in cities like Boston, New York, and Chicago, where they have parades with kilts and bagpipes and so on...

Also this awesome song gets mentioned, it has a reference to the Hawkwind album above:

This is who I am talking about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moorcock

Okay, SF fans, are any of you fans of Michael Moorcock, and if so, can you recommend me some of his better stuff? I was listening to some Hawkwind the other day, which is a psychedelic/space rock band that have done a lot of collaboration with Moorcock over the years for concepts, lyrics, I...

Well there went 3 minutes of my life I'm not getting back...

I hear you. Steve Harris was/is one my bass gods going way back to my teenage days when I first started picking up an instrument. And my vinyl copy of Powerslave is one of my cherished music possessions. I pity those who own only digital copies. I vividly remember bringing that record...

Exciting to see.

I knew I wasn't alone in my thoughts on that. According to that article the flyby will by Jan 1, 2019, so looks like us Orbinauts are going to have a pretty Happy New Year celebration! :cheers:

Rather you should be happy, you are among a small set of humans who get to witness Jupiter with and without the GRS is this happens.

Awful news.

I'm fond of the phrase "never underestimate stupidity" but I refuse to believe that so many people are dumb enough to believe the Earth is flat. A significant portion of them must be trolls. Then again, history is replete with masses of stupid people...

There was a meme going around a while back "everything is better with Bluetooth". There were Bluetooth rocks, equivalent to the pet rock of 1970s gag gift fame.

A friend of mine was watching the Oscars the other night and discovered that composer Johann Johannsson has died unexpectedly on February 9th. This is quite a shock and very sad news. Although he's mostly known for his movie soundtracks, I first heard of him when I saw him live in Philadelphia...

Amazing to see what nobody has seen in so long and find it so intact.

Wow, sounds like a Bussard Ramjet!

I suspect that Clarke didn't do much of the writing on those, leaving it to Gentry Lee. The tone of the writing dramatically shifted when he started co-writing with Lee. Clarke was getting up there in years at the time, too, so I suspect he was leaving the heavy lifting for Lee. Just my personal...