Happy Birthday, Mr. Tesla!

Last Updated on Friday, 10 July 2009 01:19 Written by Brian! Friday, 10 July 2009 01:19

Nikola Tesla was born July 10, 1856. He was the architect of everything that makes the modern world tick.

Tesla, you were a class act.

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Spammin’ the blog!

Last Updated on Saturday, 4 July 2009 09:51 Written by Brian! Saturday, 4 July 2009 09:51

Okay, this is too cool not to post about it. Women Airforce Service Pilots are finally getting some official recognition. And it’s about damn time.

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Oh, Nazis

Last Updated on Thursday, 25 June 2009 02:16 Written by Brian! Thursday, 25 June 2009 02:16

From the V-2 Rocket entry: “Over 3,000 V-2s were launched during World War II against Allied targets, resulting in the death of an estimated 7,250 military personnel and civilians. An estimated 20,000 inmates at Mittelbau-Dora died constructing V-2s, making the V-2 perhaps the only weapon system to have more deaths caused by its production than its deployment.”

Another way to look at it: the Nazis developed the equivalent of a gun that killed ten workers at the gun factory every time it was fired.

I really need to track down a good biography of Von Braun. There’s a horrible Faustian quality to his entire career. Dude just wanted to develop reliable space travel, but he had to pioneer what would become the most devastating weapons platform known to man to get there.

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