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Saturday, June 12, 2021
THE HAPPENING WORLD: Fools and Their Money—Blue Origin New Shepard Seat Auctioned for US$28 Million
To put this in perspective, US$ 28 million for an eleven minute carnival ride with about three minutes of weightlessness is about half the current estimated price of a Soyuz orbital tourist flight lasting around a week and including a visit to the International Space Station.
I have cued the video to start at the actual auction. If you'd like to see the fifteen minute preliminary, scroll back to the beginning.
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TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS: Driving a Giant Soviet Vacuum Fluorescent Display
An earlier video encountered the drive problems which are remedied by the design presented here.
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CONTEXT: Boom Supersonic—Return of the Supersonic Airliner?
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TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS: Terrain Incursion
12 June 1999. Paris Air Show, the Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30MKI demonstrator '01' crashed at Le Bourget Airport. After completing a downward spiralling maneuver the tail contacted the ground. Sukhoi test pilot Vyacheslav Averynov ejected with navigator Vladimir Shendrikh. pic.twitter.com/3dum0COBQd
— Ron Eisele (@ron_eisele) June 11, 2021
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CONTEXT: Exponential Growth and Intuition
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