Why is there no heating problem during the launching of a spacecraft but there is during reentry?
Imagine the air is a wall. On launch, a rocket starts slow, it finds the door-It pushes through the thick air near the ground politely, and by the…
Why does the natural world in Fallout look so damaged 200 years after the nuclear war?
Because Bethesda didn’t care to know how nuclear bombs work. In real life, 200 years after a nuclear bomb detonation, it would look more like this: or and…
Aren’t AWACs very easy targets for enemy planes? Has this been tested in modern aerial warfare? They seem to be very slow planes.
A converted civilian airliner with huge radar on it flying a predictable racetrack pattern is pretty easy to shoot down—if you ever get in range. The problem is,…
Moon landing deniers show an image with a crosshair behind an object. How can this be explained by someone who doesn’t believe the conspiracy?
The crosshair was etched into a glass plate called a Reseau plate in front of the photographic film. It allows examiners to see whether the film is warped,…