Posts Tagged learning to fly
A Fine Ship: Dassault Aviation’s Civillain Suborbital Spacecraft
Posted by mistergroonk in Space, Technology, The Future on September 10, 2010
Dassault Aviation wants to put civilians in space, too, and it plans to accomplish that with this air-launched reusable hypersonic vehicle. Based on NASA’s X-38 experimental plane, this one will launch off the wing of a commercial aircraft flying at about 25,000 feet, rocketing its six passengers at Mach 3.5 up to 62 miles high.
via dvice, dassault aviation
Shark Week Bit #2434: Motivator Shark Motivates… with His Hunger
Posted by mistergroonk in Animals, Video on August 3, 2010
Young albatrosses have a surprising teacher in the tiger shark that lurks in the waters off their flight training beach.
via nat geo you tube


