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Matterbeam.
Author of the ToughSF blog. Original SuperNerd.
Ex-Kurzgesagt Duck. Freelance writer.
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Velocity Minimum Unstick testing of Airbus airliners:
youtu.be/4FSm_SL2n9o
These involve pitching up as early as possible on the runway and dragging the tail against the ground in a shower of sparks until the wheels leave the ground.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The original vision of Space Based Solar Power relying on kilometer-scale megaton stations in GEO isn't suitable for today's world.
Can it be adapted to survive? Or is a wholly new approach needed?
@brianmcmanus.bsky.social:
youtu.be/Vf_pS0XSTyo
December 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is how the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider registers the shower of particles and exotic radiation released by a heavy ion collision:
youtu.be/k64s4Ho-8-I
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM