Yahoo Autos Starliner Returns, Feds Reign In Truck Bloat And Jon Bon Jovi Saves A Life In This Week's Beyond Cars Roundup
NASA Was ‘Right’ To Bring Starliner Back Empty As Thrusters And Guidance Fail On Return
Boeing’s first foray into manned space flight has been an unmitigated cock up. Starliner launched to the International Space Station with two astronauts onboard in June and landed back on Earth two months later without them after issues were uncovered with the craft. Now, more problems have surfaced during Starliner’s return, reaffirming NASA’s decision not to trust it with the lives of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. - Owen Bellwood Read More
Giant Trucks And SUVs Are Killing People And Now The Feds Might Actually Do Something About It
Cars are safer than they have ever been — at least for the people inside of them. As long as you’re wearing your seatbelt, you should be just fine in a crash. Unfortunately for the people outside the cars, though, that’s not the case. Big, heavy trucks and SUVs with tall, flat hoods are extremely dangerous to pedestrians. For over a decade, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knew it needed to do something about pedestrian safety, but now the Associated Press reports it’s actually taking action. - Collin Woodard Read More
Jon Bon Jovi Talks Woman Off Ledge On Nashville Bridge
American singer-songwriter Jon Bon Jovi and a member of the crew from a video shoot he was working on talked a woman away from the ledge of a bridge earlier this week. The New Jersey singer was shooting a video in Nashville on Tuesday when he spotted a woman over the safety rail on the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge. - Owen Bellwood Read More
JD Vance’s Plane Accidentally Enters Prohibited Airspace Over Washington, D.C.
JD Vance’s Vice Presidential campaign has been one for the history books for all the wrong reasons, and we can now add “entering restricted airspace” to his list of accomplishments. You see, the Ohio Senator and Republican VP hopeful’s Boeing 737-800 accidentally violated the Prohibited Airspace 56 over Washington, D.C. a few days ago as it was leaving Washington Reagan National Airport for Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport in Arizona. Woof. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More
Unruly Passenger Forced To Pay $5,750 For The Fuel His Plane Had To Dump To Land
An Australian court ordered an unruly passenger to cover the costs of jet fuel dumped so his flight could be diverted on Monday. The 33-year-old man will pay $5,750 for the fuel along with a $5,980 fine for his actions. The passenger was on a 4-hour flight in September 2023 from Perth, Western Australia to Sydney on the other side of the country. However, he forced the plane to return to its destination. - Ryan Erik King Read More
Two Delta Planes Crash On Atlanta Runway Ripping Tail Off Regional Jet
Airports might seem like organized chaos at times, but believe it or not there’s a careful choreography going on to bring aircraft in to land and send others into the skies safely. Sometimes, it doesn’t all go to plan and this week disaster struck when two Delta aircraft collided on the tarmac at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. - Owen Bellwood Read More
This Is A Ridiculously Cool Use Of Both Trains And Bikes
I don’t have the kinds of skills needed to do a bicycle backflip, regardless of the circumstances. But I especially don’t have the skills to do it on the back of a moving ten-car freight train. Polish rider and Crankworkx Triple Crown winner Dawid Godziek worked with his brother Szymon to build a series of special jumps and quarter pipe tricks that he could do on a moving train. The result is an incredible sequence of two-wheeled dominance, like something out of a wild action film. - Bradley Brownell Read More
Would You Ride Along With Me In A Wicker Sidecar?
George Singer’s famed motor-wheel machinery helped set the English-speaking world in motion. Brass-era motorized cycles were much less expensive than their four-wheeled automotive counterparts, and their ability to run on pedal power made them quite a good choice for upwardly mobile contemporaries. If you, perhaps, didn’t have enough money to buy a Vauxhall Prince Henry sport runabout, but you needed to carry more than one person, you might have opted for a gorgeous motorbike with a matching wicker sidecar. I call tillerman, but there’s room for someone else. Do you want to go for a ride? - Bradley Brownell Read More
Crewed SpaceX Flight To Mars In Four Years? Whatever You Say, Elon
Elon Musk says a lot of things. Much of what he says is just vile bigotry or outright lies, but you can’t deny that he is a man of many words. On Saturday evening, he hopped on Twitter to say more words, this time about his plan to send a crewed space flight to Mars. And, well, they sure were some words. Apparently, if unmanned tests go well in 2026, SpaceX will have people headed to Mars in just four years. - Collin Woodard Read More
Here’s A Timeline Of Everything That Went Wrong With The Boeing Starliner
The Boeing Starliner finally plopped down in the New Mexico desert last week after spending three months in orbit. The beleaguered spacecraft suffered technical problems during its rendezvous with the International Space Station. It drastically prolonged the eight-day mission as engineers raced to identify the issue and fix a solution. Despite NASA allowing the Starliner to return, the space agency wasn’t willing to have astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams for their safety. - Ryan Erik King Read More
