suited-up-for-science:-nasa-er-2-pilot-prepares-for-gemx-flight

NASA/Christopher LC Clark NASA ER-2 pilot Kirt Stallings waits inside the transport vehicle moments before boarding the airborne science aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. Outside the window, the aircraft is being readied for a high-altitude mission supporting the Geological EarthContinue Reading

this-is-how-ukraine’s-f-16s-hide-from-russian-drones

Ukraine is losing fewer of its precious F-16 fighters The F-16s operate from small airstrips where the Russians may struggle to find them Ground crews work fast under difficult conditions Sometimes Russian drone or missiles are already overhead as the F-16s take off To preserve its precious fleet of American-designedContinue Reading

what-wartime-hubris-can-teach-us-about-the-global-energy-transition

In 1944, German war planners apparently dismissed reports about the staggering scale of U.S. wartime production. The newly constructed  Willow Run plant operated by the Ford Motor Company in Michigan eventually produced a B-24 bomber every hour, 24 hours a day. This mile-long factory consumed 16 million pounds of aluminum each month and employed 42,000 workersContinue Reading