Aerospace Updates
An archive of the notes used for Aerospace Updates at Pilgrim
January
12 - Core vs. Corps: Let's not misuse these any more.
12 - Alternate propulsions: Hybrid engines, solar, fuel cells, nuclear.
19 - Unusual aircraft: Unusually-shaped aircraft, some flying, some in design.
February
9 - Thermals and uprafts: Why they happen and some characteristics.
16 - ABL and SDO: Both happened last week. What are they?
March
9 - Broken rovers and landers on Mars: Some have come back to life. Some are still useful and all have lived longer than expected.
April
20 - Sound barriers and shock waves: What are they and how to they affect flight?
20 - The X-51 Waverider: What makes it go so fast?
May
11 - Solar Dynamics Observatory: The Solar Dynamics Observatory's five year mission to study the sun.
18 - Schrodinger's cat: A few thought problems in physics.
June
15 - The FA/-xx: Fighter of the future; Waverider update.
22 - Video tour of the International Space Station. (no link but it's on YouTube someplace.
August
10 - Fly or drive: A brief summary of cars that fly and planes that travel the highways
