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2018-02-23 Science

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-02-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Given the recent episodes I would recommend doubling the testing rather than attempting half.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-23 00:26|| 2018-02-23 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Remember the Hubble Mirror problem? Recall the Liberty Weld Failures problem?
Theory does not guard against the Unknown-Unknown Problem.

Posted by magpie 2018-02-23 00:42|| 2018-02-23 00:42|| Front Page Top

#3 EMALS is just not ready or correct. It needs elastic cabability

Posted by newc 2018-02-23 01:25|| 2018-02-23 01:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Yeah, they can deploy it to the Korean Peninsula, where they can us the ~~catapult~~ railgun to bombard the Norks with F-18's.
Load up all the old Navy planes from storage at Luke and squirt away.

Posted by ed in texas 2018-02-23 08:47|| 2018-02-23 08:47|| Front Page Top

#5 newc, a shitload rubber bands?

Posted by Deacon Blues 2018-02-23 10:36|| 2018-02-23 10:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Difficult to get more precise than that Deacon.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-02-23 13:18|| 2018-02-23 13:18|| Front Page Top

#7 ed in texas. Fire old Japanese Zero's to confuse the hell out of everyone. Put out garbled communications about time distortions at the same time.

Deny everything afterwards and/or blame Hollywood.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-02-23 14:20|| 2018-02-23 14:20|| Front Page Top

#8 "newc, a shitload rubber bands?"
Kind of. The steam catapult did not jerk the planes as hard to make stress fractures in them. The lifecycle has to be built around the EMALS launching system.

Posted by newc 2018-02-23 18:52|| 2018-02-23 18:52|| Front Page Top

#9 Test the catapult using Chevy Chase?

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2018-02-23 22:24|| 2018-02-23 22:24|| Front Page Top

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