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Flying Sky Car: The Skylon Explainer Inspired by xkcd

Just about everyone can claim to being inspired by the xkcd webcomic -- or at least enjoying a shared nerd…

10 years ago

SpaceX’s Rocket Explained So Simply A Kid Could Understand

Rocket science is difficult stuff, but we don't always necessarily have to explain it that way. It's important at times…

10 years ago

How Many Horses Can A Rocket Carry? Cool Comic Comparison

The challenge with thinking about space is putting it into terms that we can understand. How far is a light-year?…

10 years ago

This is Awesome: U.S. Space Team’s “Up Goer Five”

xkcd presents a Saturn V schematic using the 1,000 most used English words (xkcd.com) Randall Munroe at xkcd did it…

12 years ago