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1 posted on 08/15/2012 11:23:55 AM PDT by BenLurkin

To: DoughtyOne

Ping

2 posted on 08/15/2012 11:24:33 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)

To: BenLurkin

The WaveRider crashed by California? Some gnarly waves, dude.

4 posted on 08/15/2012 11:29:15 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")

To: BenLurkin

It took Edison over 6,000 tries to get a light bulb to burn right.

5 posted on 08/15/2012 11:29:41 AM PDT by vet7279

To: BenLurkin

Assumed the test flight was unmanned.

6 posted on 08/15/2012 11:36:09 AM PDT by AU72

To: BenLurkin

Assumed the test flight was unmanned.

7 posted on 08/15/2012 11:36:26 AM PDT by AU72

To: BenLurkin

I hope the heck our Navy / Spec ops guys are looking for it...

Materials, Materials, Materials, do not let the ChiComs get their hands on what is left...

8 posted on 08/15/2012 11:38:59 AM PDT by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))

To: BenLurkin

Roll your window down at 50 MPH and stick your hand outside and wave the palm up and down. Now imagine doing that at 5 times th speed of sound.

Just a little wiggle from the guidance will send that thing into some crazy spin.

13 posted on 08/15/2012 11:45:00 AM PDT by Venturer

To: BenLurkin

They (another team) pulled off the rocket hovering, cable lowering of the martian rover a few days ago. THAT was impressive.

This is much lower budget, with room for error. They are using that room.

21 posted on 08/15/2012 12:54:44 PM PDT by cicero2k

To: BenLurkin

I keep thinking of the old "Spindrift" from "Land of the Giants" that took off in the (then) future year of 1983.

26 posted on 08/15/2012 1:41:49 PM PDT by Nowhere Man (June 28th, 2012, the Day America Jumped The Shark.)

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