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October 07, 2010
Thursday
 
 
DIY star wars
Dale Amon (Belfast, Northern Ireland/Laramie, Wy)  Aerospace

I have been seeing a great deal of these folks lately.

6 km/sec aluminum slugs fired by a railgun built by a small company. Is that cool or what?

Comments

Was this inspired by that Schwarzenegger movie, about cool new weapons? If so, ignore weapons, and give us one-person spaceships! I want an FTL that only takes seconds to reach stars! Oh, and thanks!
Otherwise, it seems a bit clumsy. I always thought those railguns would blast you backwards from reaction- they should come with wheels and brakes! I still prefer a pistol for personal defence.


Posted by Nuke Gray at October 7, 2010 06:49 AM
"- I am working on a new type of coilgun that has never been tried before."

What's not to love?


Posted by Pollo at October 7, 2010 09:46 AM

Looks like these guys have their work/fun balance right!


Posted by RW at October 7, 2010 10:57 AM

I'm glad there are guys out there who like to tinker like this.

On the other hand, I wouldn't sell them insurance.


Posted by Eric at October 7, 2010 03:10 PM

you have to ask yourself- do their neighbours know what they do in their spare time?
(Come to think of it, what do my neighbours do? Maybe one of them is a mad scientist on the side! It would always be the friends and neighbours who would be the last to know, wouldn't it?)


Posted by Nuke Gray at October 8, 2010 05:10 AM

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!


Posted by Nuke Gray's Mad-Scientist Neighbor at October 8, 2010 08:23 AM

Mom, I'm scared...


Posted by Alisa at October 8, 2010 08:25 AM

The photo of the exploding watermelon has me wondering...they didn't do any contract work for that 10:10 enviro group, did they?


Posted by Alan K. Henderson at October 8, 2010 11:04 AM

My real neighbours at least know how to spell neighbours correctly! (But I still don't know what they do in their spare time!)


Posted by Nuke Gray at October 10, 2010 08:05 AM
My real neighbours at least know how to spell neighbours correctly! (But I still don't know what they do in their spare time!)
They learn proper English:-)
Posted by Alisa at October 10, 2010 12:16 PM

spelling 'neighbour' would not take up all their time! however, there is nothing to worry about. I overheard one of them planning a party, and ordering lots of yellowcake. Maybe I'll be invited?


Posted by Nuke Gray at October 11, 2010 03:13 AM

Question is, can they have their yellowcake and eat it too?


Posted by Alisa at October 11, 2010 07:38 AM

Here in Australia, Alisa, we practice Keynesian economics when no-one is looking, so of course they believe they can eat their yellowcake and still have it with them for later! Aren't all governments Keynesian these days?


Posted by Nuke Gray at October 12, 2010 04:34 AM

It all makes perfect sense now:-)


Posted by Alisa at October 12, 2010 09:32 AM

Hey, Alisa, you're invited to this party! My neighbours tell me it'll go off with a bang! There's lots of fireworks and everything. And they guarantee that they have enough yellowcake for everyone!
And to think I was suspicious of them because of their foreign accents! And all those strange noises late at night! My neighbour, Sam Ben Alladin, couldn't be friendlier!
Wanna drop in?


Posted by Nuke Gray at October 13, 2010 02:05 AM
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