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Here's Your First Look at the Freshly Painted X-59, NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Plane
Gizmodo,
Commercial faster-than-sound travel over land doesn’t happen anymore—but in the U.S., it could soon, with the debut of a new experimental plane developed by NASA and Lockheed Martin. The X-59 aircraft is designed to test out sonic boom-less supersonic flight, producing only sonic ‘thumps’ as it speeds through the… Read more...
25 Lip Balms We Can’t Stop Using
The Cut,
Give your Carmex a break.
X-59 ‘Quiet supersonic’ jet from NASA and Lockheed finally rolls out
TechCrunch,
NASA and Lockheed Martin have finally taken the wraps off of the X-59, a “quiet supersonic” aircraft that may shape the future of both military and civilian air travel. The X-59 has been under development at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works for years, following a $248 million grant from NASA in 2018. That was just the […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
A weary nation breathes sigh of relief as Kevin Hart vows to never host the Oscars
AV Club,
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Republicans Need to Answer for Women’s Suffering
There’s no excuse to let the conversation drift from how abortion bans are hurting pregnant people.
White House opposes Sanders push on Israeli use of American weaponry
Politico,
China's Gravity-1 Rocket Dazzles in Landmark Sea Launch
Shandong-based Orienspace pulled off its first-ever launch, breaking the record for the largest payload capacity on a commercial rocket for China’s growing space industry. Read more...
MouthPad is a tiny tongue-operated mousepad for the top of your mouth
Boing Boing,
My favorite thing about MouthPad is that's how you'd say the word "mousepad" if you were wearing one: it fits into the top of your mouth and you use your tongue on it as a pointing device. Engadget's Cherlynn Low spotted it at CES in Vegas. — Read the rest The post MouthPad is a tiny tongue-operated mousepad for the top of your mouth appeared first on Boing Boing.