A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away? Or maybe right here, right now? Some nerds built a totally sweet X-Wing replica and actually launched that bad boy. There's a video in this Wired article that captures not only the lift-off, but also the spectacular full-system failure and explosion that happens very shortly thereafter. Rad stuff. I have a shackled computer here at work that I can't listen to audio on, so I don't know what the rocket guy says in the interview, but if you want to skip to the good part, the launch happens at around 2:50 of the video.
If nothing else this is a clear indication that we will shortly have the space defense we need against encroaching galactic threats.
Long live the Rebel Alliance.
Labels: awesomeness, nerdcore, religion
posted by dan @ 9:19 AM
6 Comments:
via your "galactic threats" link, you can't knock the "artist impression" of Artist's Xenu's space planes.
niiice.
I also enjoyed the space planes. The BBC's representation of mighty Xenu is also one for the ages.
As is this understatement of note from the Wikipedia entry: "The Church [of Scientology] has tried to keep Xenu confidential..."
No joke. You would to, if your Church included such absurd bullroar.
all this begs the question, is Xenu merely masquerading as my boss? and how long before i and all my beautiful excel spreadsheets are dumped ruthlessly in tangiers volcanoes?
Funny, I thought it raised the question of whether or not Xenu is masquerading as your dad! (out of respect I will not post a picture, though I found an excellent one, and trust me, the Cold Cowboy's progenitor is an intimidating man.) Is the Cowboy being groomed, even as we speak, for Galactic Rulership? His father, as we know, is no stranger to civic leadership, after all.
yesterday: the city of oxford.
tomorrow: the galaxy.
I wouldn't talk so fast pribble.
Delightful Don Pribble has some kind of ET sense around car technology. Reqardless that a battery tester confirmed the VW was sporting juice and we claimed the problem was elsewhere, DDP refused to believe. He used some kind a dad sense to swiftly prove to two young smucks that fucking with the DDP even while sporting a 24.99 battery tester was not as swell as imagined.
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