Michael Ballaban
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The Falcon Heavy’s Boosters’ Landings Made Twin Triple Sonic Booms And They’re Loud As Hell
While there may now be a car in space, and the core of the Falcon Heavy rocket that launched it may be a bit worse for the wear, the twin Falcon 9-based boosters that helped make it all happen are safe and sound back on Earth. And not only did they look good, they made…
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The First Commercially Available Car Navigation System Was From 1981
The Global Positioning System constellation of satellites has been helping lost travellers find their way for a while now, but they only really started showing up in cars in the mid- to late- 1990s, and in big numbers even later than that. But the first automotive navigation system was offered over thirty years ago.
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Donald Trump Now Asking For Impossible Magic Fantasy Jet
President-elect Donald Trump is tweeting again, and once more he’s tweeting about the F-35 fighter jet. Last week, he said the F-35 program costs have gone “out of control,” and he was right, sort of. Except now his proposed solution appears to be a physically impossible fantasy plane. God help us.