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.