A car that runs on pressurized air
I saw two articles yesterday that I though were very cool and of general interest. The first is a zero pollution/very low cost car that runs on compressed air. It can go a top speed of 68 miles per hour and go around 150 miles on a charge. The tank can be pressurized in two or three minutes at an adapted gas station or in 3-4 hours via an on board compressor connected to a 220V plug in. The power plant is not the only very cool technical feature. Beside all that, it is a very stylish ride and very, very cheap. It would be very fun to own one. Check it out here.
SpaceX to attempt their second launch of the Falcon 1 spacecraft
Christian is doing his annual research report on rockets and missiles this year. In conjunction with that we are going to try to watch the SpaceX Falcon 1 launch webcast this afternoon at 4:00 PDT. We think that it is very cool that there is a commercial venture to create a manned space program.
Update: Oops. It looks like the launch is scrubbed for the day. We will have to wait to see when they are ready to try again.
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