Soviet Union sold titanium to US believing they needed it for pizza ovens(theaviationgeekclub.com)

224 points by jerryjerryjerry 3 years ago | 166 comments

Estes Rockets Model Scale 1:100 Replica of SpaceX Falcon 9(estesrockets.com)

143 points by ArtWomb 3 years ago | 80 comments

Starfront Observatories(starfront.space)

44 points by stefanpie 1 year ago | 11 comments

SpaceX rocket launches Euclid space telescope to map the 'dark universe'(space.com)

159 points by gostsamo 3 years ago | 73 comments

Starship launch debris landed 6 miles north, residents report broken windows(space.com)

24 points by belter 3 years ago | 11 comments

Sombrero Galaxy dazzles in new James Webb image(science.nasa.gov)

107 points by nixass 1 year ago | 41 comments

Former SR-71 engineer talks NASA's Blackbird revival program(twz.com)

93 points by rkagerer 23 days ago | 64 comments

TWZ article interviewing a former SR-71 engineer about NASA's effort to return SR-71 #844 to flight and its possible uses.

NASA asked several former SR-71A staffers to help secret restart(aviationweek.com)

302 points by ilamont 27 days ago | 353 comments

Aviation Week article reporting that NASA asked several former SR-71A staffers to help with a secret restart effort.

Lockheed is now tracking phones and walkie-talkies from space(jackpoulson.substack.com)

325 points by ed-209 2 years ago | 179 comments

Substack article reporting that HawkEye 360, a space-based radio signal location-tracking firm, partnered with Lockheed Martin, with the UAE military allegedly a strong customer.

What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane(prospect.org)

735 points by doom2 2 years ago | 446 comments

American Prospect article by Maureen Tkacik on how Boeing's management drove out experienced engineers and workers who knew how to build planes.

GPS (2022)(ciechanow.ski)

365 points by tkiolp4 3 years ago | 32 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive blog essay explaining how the Global Positioning System works, including its satellite constellation and positioning math.

US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has intact alien vehicles(theguardian.com)

485 points by bloak 3 years ago | 869 comments

Guardian news article on calls for the US to disclose UFO evidence after a whistleblower claimed the government holds intact alien vehicles.