by Nigel Blackwell | Space
You probably heard the news this weekend about the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket liftoff. It was the third mission testing Elon Musk’s investment in space technology. After running a series of tests on the Dragon capsule it was maneuvered to within 30ft of...
by Nigel Blackwell | Planes
The X-15 was designed to smash existing aerospace records. Jets had reached mach 2, manned rocket planes had reached mach 3, and missiles and rockets (X-7 thru 12) had reached into space. The X-15 was designed to double the mach number and reach 250,000ft (space)...