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Monday, August 9, 2021

THE HAPPENING WORLD: SpaceX: Starbase Tank Farm Status

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CONTEXT: Shut Down the Good Engine—British Midland Flight 92 from 1989

Here is more about the accident, also known as the Kegworth air disaster. Forty-seven of the 118 passengers died in the crash or subsequently from injuries sustained in it. (All eight crew members survived.)

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CONTINUITY: Monorail! The Bennie Railplane

Although electrically powered, the propellers would have been very noisy, but that wouldn't have been a problem since the monorail tracks were to be installed over existing railway right of ways, and would be quieter than the steam locomotives in use at the time. Sharing right of way would eliminate costs for acquiring land for the monorail system, but proved its undoing, since railways feared loss of their lucrative passenger business and refused to grant permission to install the overhead trackways.

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TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS: SpaceX: How Does Starship's Heat Shield Work?

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