Incidentally, the next thing the Americans might do is send the B2s back to hunt mobile MRBM launchers in Iran. It’s the longer range ballistic missiles that are testing the Israeli defences - higher… (View Post)

SpaceX major revenue is (in no especial order) 1) Starlink 2) Commercial launches 3) Military launches 4) Flying astronauts to the space station 5) Flying cargo to the space station 6) Military contr… (View Post)

Apollo had lots of near misses. Which is one of the reasons that NASA wanted the program terminated and the Shuttle instead. The lunar lander was considered especially dangerous - a large number of i… (View Post)

a Between doctors time, administering actual drugs, monitoring, oversight, lawyers…. I’m thinking that “NHS Exit” will need a Richard Rogers designed headquarters, lots of art. A huge number of NU10K… (View Post)

Apparently, the B2s had their radar transponders turned on when they left. Which makes them visible to air traffic control. Which, in turn, is a sign that they are just being positioned. (View Post)