early 21st century

  1. RavenOne

    RIP Frank Robinson - the man, the legend behind Robinson Helicopters

    RIP Frank https://robinsonheli.com/press-releases/helicopter-pioneer-frank-robinson-passes/?fbclid=IwAR1gXT23VVaZLR6XC3yQtWiI81tx8VaQFeU5S6iPIvUdbItPQI_dEpP0W1I As it is i fly R44 and 66 …was in Cologne for European Rotors this week so here my pics below All the best
    • RavenOne
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    • aerospace ahs / vfs american helicopter society (ahs) international cold war early 21st century late 20th century post-cold war united states
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  2. Grey Havoc

    Inspiration for the 2004 movie, 'The Terminal', passes away

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63612017 :( RIP.
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2022 cold war early 21st century france french fifth republic imperial state of iran islamic republic of iran late 20th century paris charles de gaulle airport popular culture post-cold war roissy airport
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  3. archipeppe

    The Untold Stories of the Space Shuttle Program: Unfulfilled Dreams and Missions that Never Flew (Springer Praxis Books) 1st ed. 2022

    The latest work of my friend Davide Sivolella an aeronautical engineer and a skilled author, who lives in England. If you want to learn about never realized Space Shuttle versions, this is the right book...
    • archipeppe
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    • cold war early 21st century late 20th century nasa post-cold war space race space shuttle space station space transportation system united states air force
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  4. Grey Havoc

    The man who tried to fake an element (BobbyBroccoli Youtube channel)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe5WT22-AO8
    • Grey Havoc
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    • cold war early 21st century elemental table late 20th century nuclear post-cold war pre-world war ii the hunt for elements victor ninov world war ii
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: The Bar
  5. Grey Havoc

    Some of the World's Most Bizarre Construction Projects (Sideprojects Youtube channel)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnMkGZJ9DnE
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 20th century early 21st century
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    • Forum: The Bar
  6. Michel Van

    What kind Wind Turbine is this ?

    I need your Help in 1970s this kind Wind Turbine was proposed (here illustrated by Roger Leloup in 1976) has some one more information about this ?
    • Michel Van
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    • 1970s 2010s cold war early 21st century energy crisis late 20th century post-cold war
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: The Bar
  7. Forest Green

    Meteor Missile: Origins, Development and News

    Nice origin story for the Meteor missile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S225XR
    • Forest Green
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    • air defence air-to-air missile air-to-air missiles cold war early 21st century great britain kingdom of sweden late 20th century post-cold war surface-to-air missile
    • Replies: 182
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  8. Grey Havoc

    'How California's Bullet Train Went Off the Rails' (New York Times)

    Via Slashdot: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/us/california-high-speed-rail-politics.html (Registration or subscription may be required)
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2010s bullet trains cahsr california high-speed rail california high-speed rail authority cold war ii department of transportation early 2020s early 21st century high speed rail / high speed railway late 2000s railways state of california united states
    • Replies: 61
    • Forum: The Bar
  9. Grey Havoc

    China ‘began stockpiling PPE months before notifying the world about Covid outbreak’ (The Daily Telegraph)

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/08/china-began-stockpiling-ppe-months-covid-outbreak/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2019 covid-19 early 21st century people's republic of china personal protective equipment wuhan coronavirus
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: The Bar
  10. Grey Havoc

    China upgrades its Great Firewall

    Via Slashdot: https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/06/great_firewall_of_china_upgrades/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2022 censorship computing cyberwar early 21st century golden shield project history of the internet information warfare ministry of public security people's republic of china
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Military
  11. World B4

    ERA on lightly armored vehicles

    During tests run by the USSR, it was determined that putting ERA on lightly armored vehicles was a bad idea, as it would break the hull. I see lots of people talking about "it's a vbied now lol" every time a photo shows ERA on a vehicle with less than BMP-3 levels of armor. But the thing is, we...
    • World B4
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    • armoured fighting vehicles cold war early 21st century explosive reactive armor late 20th century light vehicles post-cold war
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Military
  12. Grey Havoc

    JCII Camera Museum

    https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14724794 A few photos at the link.
  13. E

    Micron Unveils Plans For $15 Billion Chip Manufacturing Plant In Idaho

    First Ohio, and now this. Don't they realize that Idaho is known for growing potatoes? :) https://www.thestreet.com/markets/micron-unveils-plans-for-15-billion-chip-manufacturing-plant-in-idaho
    • edwest4
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    • 2020s cold war ii early 21st century united states
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: The Bar
  14. Flyaway

    Defense Support Program (DSP)

    https://thespacereview.com/article/4440/1
    • Flyaway
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    • aerojet general aerospace defense command air force space command air force systems command cold war early 21st century international telephone & telegraph late 20th century martin marietta north american aerospace defense command post-cold war raytheon space and missile systems organization (usaf) space systems division spacecom trw united states air force united states space force
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  15. E

    An energy producing kite

    Interesting. https://x.company/projects/makani/
    • edwest4
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    • 2020s cold war ii early 21st century kites
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: The Bar
  16. overscan (PaulMM)

    Research in NASA history - a guide to the NASA history program

    https://history.nasa.gov/sp4543.pdf This document published in 2009 contains a summary of published books about NASA history and also a guide to the collections and archives found at various NASA locations. Looks potentially useful for researchers.
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • aerospace industry cold war early 21st century late 20th century nasa post-cold war space age space race united states
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Found on the Internet
  17. Michel Van

    The Art of Ron Cobb

    yes i know total off topic but it art book about the Legend Ron Cobb The guy who design ALIEN, ALIENS, ABYSS, BACK TO FUTURE, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, DARK STAR, THE LAST STAR FIGHTER, STAR WARS... Book will be 208 page and be out for sale at 13 September 2022...
    • Michel Van
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    • cold war computer games concept artist early 21st century late 20th century movies popular culture post-cold war sci-fi science fiction space age space art space race tv series war on terror
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    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  18. Forest Green

    Supercomputers - ExaFLOPS barrier falls

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOP500#TOP_500 https://www.ornl.gov/news/frontier-supercomputer-debuts-worlds-fastest-breaking-exascale-barrier
    • Forest Green
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    • computing early 2020s early 21st century
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Military
  19. T

    Vangelis died yesterday, May 17th 2022

    Sadly, Vangelis passed away yesterday in France: https://apnews.com/article/vangelis-dead-chariots-of-fire-b7a98666ff96ca049dbe7964da98d44d My guess is that a bit of all of us went with him. View: https://youtu.be/uPe27x0_W2M Rip in the new eden world.
    • TomcatViP
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    • cold war early 21st century late 20th century movie musician popular culture post-cold war sci-fi science fiction
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: The Bar
  20. Grey Havoc

    Royal Navy Type 83 Destroyer (Type 45 replacement)

    https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/the-type-4x-destroyer-an-early-look-at-an-early-concept/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2019 2020s anti-air warfare area air defence cold war ii drone warfare early 21st century light destroyer nuclear powered vessels project castlemaine royal navy t4x type 26 offshoot type 45 destroyer replacement program united kingdom
    • Replies: 873
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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