Tag Archives: carbon fiber

Streetcars / Trams / Light Rail

They’re awesome, yet problematic. In the early 1900s, Los Angeles had an extensive streetcar and light rail network (the red and yellow cars), but it was dismantled, like in many other american cities in the thirties, forties and fifties. One … Continue reading

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Experts on the Internet, X-33, Gigaprograms and Real Progress

Experts on the Internet A lot of internet discussion is ignorant speculation, rumor spreading, ranting and flaming. But that’s not all. The freedom and self-organizing nature of enables massive diversity. Newsgroups, mailing lists, IRC, forums, Twitter – and sometimes there’s … Continue reading

Posted in Architecture, Demotivation, idiocracy, industry, Journalism, meta, Models, Motivation, NASA, RLV:s, Science Links, Spacecraft, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments