With the recent hype of the studying of our “ex-planet” Pluto, there has been a lot of talk of all things outer space. If you’d like to teach your kids a little more about the so…
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Mammoth Overland launches an aerospace-inspired camping trailer that looks like it'd be as comfortable rolling over moon rock as hitched to a Tacoma. Here on Earth, its rugged build and full amenity suite combine into a cozy backcountry base camp.
This little piece of art was created with acrylic markers on a Oval piece of sliced wood. The smell of a crackling fire and roasting marshmallows, there’s nothing like it. That’s sticky, gooey, crunchy sugar hit is filled with warm memories of storytelling, friends and laughter. I work in the Aerospace industry at a high stress job. This is what I do when I come home in the evening to distress. My sister and mom love to do the diamond painting, they always look so tranquil while they are filling in the numbers. Diamond painting is not for me, yet it encouraged me to order some acrylic markers and wood cookies (smiling).
In honor of the living legend's birthday, here's a look back at the storied life and career of the Beatles frontman.
The 9,200 high-resolution images posted to the Project Apollo Archive were taken during every manned mission to the moon, both on the way there and back.
The AIM-120 AMRAAM, manufactured by Hughes/Raytheon, is commonly known as the Slammer in the United States Air Force. It is an all-weather day-and-night capable Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile. When an AMRAAM is launched, NATO pilots use the brevity code "FOXTHREE". Introduced operationally in 1991, the AMRAAM was the replacement for the AIM-7 Sparrow and made its first appearance on September as an operational missile on board United States Air Force F-15 Eagle Squadrons. It was designed so that a fighter can take on multiple targets at once, no matter the manoeuverability or speed of the target. is commonly mistaken as a pure fire-and-forget missile, like the AIM-9 Sidewinder, but that depends on the range of the target. Only when the missile reaches a range where its small active homing radar is able to find the target, then it can be "forgotten". Guidance System... First of all, the AMRAAM has a built-in Inertial Navigation System (INS). It uses this to fly an interception course to the target with information usually from the launching aircraft. It can also be obtained from a data link from another fighter aircraft, or a Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. When the firing aircraft, AWACS, or another fighter aircraft continues to track the target, periodic updates are sent to the missile that consists of any changes in the target's heading and speed. This way, the AMRAAM would be able to keep the target in its radar seeker's field of view, or basket. However, not all operators have purchased this mid-course update option which might have negative effects on the AMRAAM's effectiveness in some scenarios. In fact, the RAF, which was testing the AMRAAM without the mid-course update for its Tornado F3 force, discovered that its is even less effective than the older semi-active radar homing BAE Skyflash missile. The only time when the AMRAAM is truly a fire-and-forget weapon is when its fired at close range, which is assumed to be visual range, to the target. At that distance, the AMRAAM's own active radar seeker is automatically turned on and it will start guiding itself to the target. When the active radar seeker is turned on, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) brevity code "PITBULL" would be called on the radio, just like when "FOXTHREE" is used to announce the launch of an AIM-120.
