Jay Leno’s Garage – 1965 Shelby 427 Cobra CompetitionAn evening pause: For car buffs, and anyone else who wants to take a drive this weekend.
Hat tip Cotour.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
An evening pause: For car buffs, and anyone else who wants to take a drive this weekend.
Hat tip Cotour.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
On the subject of fancy machines:
JOBY: IS THE EVTOL INDUSTRY READY TO LAUNCH?
“Even the Motley Fool has JOBY listed in its three more interesting stocks for investment along with AMAZON and REDDIT?
Seriously?
Motley Fool: “No investment, regardless of how quality the underlying business, is totally impervious to the ups and downs of the market.”
JOBY not having any income and is still in the manufacturing and business development stages at the moment is on their list.”
https://www.sigma3ioc.com/post/joby-is-the-evtol-industry-ready-to-launch
Behind the Honda VLJ, ahead of anything by Moller.
I have been tracking this technology starting with the Moeller SKY CAR, it must be from 30 years ago? And the technology just was not present at the time to make the concept a reality.
Today however is a very different story.
I seem to remember an episode of Adam Savage’s tested about how he saw an outfit with something that only looked like a workshop.
He didn’t name names—but I am certain he was referring to Moller.
“EVTOL”: another new high-tech name to woo investors into opening their wallets for another engineering project that will never pay off!
“The Jetsons”
A.I. Generated Synthetic 1950’s Super Panavision-70
https://youtu.be/HK3cnhju47g
(1:18)
I just wish Mr. Leno loved ships like he loves cars:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JnwXBmtfqUA
I have to go punch something
Re: Jeff Wright’s reference: my mother and father sailed on SS United States en route to his posting in Germany. There is a difference between ‘cruise ship’, and ‘ocean liner’.
“Fun ships” are also a name for these floating monstrosities.
They can sink all them for all I care.
S.S. United States still has the speed record for ships her size.
It took a loaded up cigarette boat/go-fast to break it.