Tag: NASA
Short Field Takeoff Procedure
Short Field Takeoff Procedure:
Full brakes
Full throttle
Raise nose 20 degrees
Release brakes
NASA and the Navajo
When NASA was preparing for the Apollo Project, it took the astronauts to a Navajo reservation in Arizona for training.
One day, a Navajo elder...
The US standard railroad gauge is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s...
The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number.
Why was that gauge used?
Because that's...
Ball-point pens don’t work in zero gravity
When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity.
To combat this problem, NASA scientists...
Urban Legend: Good Luck Mr. Gorsky
When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he not only gave his famous "one small step for man, one...
NASA damage testing
It seems that NASA and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have a unique device for testing the strength of windshields on airplanes. The...
