“The only reason we put tires on cars is to keep the computers from dragging on the ground.”-Attributed to a Toyota Engineer Apollo 11 Lunar Module, circa 1969. 1969. Apollo 11. The Lunar Module Descent-and-Landing Computer took control of the space craft several...
Einstein was known to conduct thought experiments. He used his immense intellect to contemplatively conduct experiments without the necessity of spending time in the laboratory. Knowing how often this process worked is difficult to ascertain — but he certainly changed...
According to studies by the University of Michigan, only about 60% of today’s teenagers between 16 and 19 have a driver’s license. What??? I was bugging my dad beginning at 15 to get into driver’s ed by 15 and a half so I could be licensed by 16 years and one day...
Lessons learned from one engine are adapted and applied to the next and your process, and hopefully your percentage of successful outcomes increases as your skill and knowledge improves.
There are some things that are just part of the program, like not recalling things as well as you once did as you put on a few years (okay, more than a few…). It seems I just can’t remember it all now.
A high-performance boat engine for the lakes of Indiana? How hard could it be? Northeastern Indiana is full of lakes. Like so much of the midwest, the glaciers carved out low-lying areas as they ground their way down from the north. As they retreated, they left behind...
