hydroptic

Conservatism is a death cult. It's almost 100% guaranteed that any sort of technology they tout or decision they make will lead to people dying and/or a worse outcome for humanity

I will never understand people who like roasts.

I absolutely don't know, but my guess would be spambots or somesuch

Finland; our police force is already really overextended and generally doesn't give a shit about small stuff like this.

Huh, that was an interesting article. I thought the failure of the honeycomb structure to work for the fuel tanks was what killed the X-33 and I'd never heard of that aluminum-lithium alloy; it isn't even mentioned in the X-33 wiki article.

Aaaanyhow, an SSTO vehicle with any sort of "traditional" engine (incl aerospike) wouldn't be quiet by any definition, though. But thanks for that link! It really was super interesting, and I definitely get why you're annoyed.

It probably was, but the universe has a penchant for getting very interesting

Yeah that's pretty much what I had in mind. But why would they have something like that though?

Then again this is all 100% conjecture so it could very well be some SUPER SECRET ALIEN TECH 🤷 Pretty damn unlikely but the world's gotten pretty damn unlikely recently

I wonder if it isn't just some really weirdly-shaped lighter-than-air aircraft?

It just seems so weird that they'd be flying a super-duper-secret experimental aircraft somewhere that populated. Not that I'm saying you're lying about anything, just that what you described seems really weird

You should stop using the PowerCore 10000 'immediately'

Engadget "journalists" don't know how to use quotes

Edit: it's probably I who doesn't know how to use quotes

Don't be silly, you're not replaceable. You're a load-bearing Pug Jesus