Did you know how SpaceX films inside a 33-engine... Raptor inferno without the camera melting? SpaceX captures these views using protected high-speed cameras placed at safe angles, with shielding and remote systems built to survive the engine test environment.show more

Raptor 3 removed the heat shield. It cools itself... now. Full regenerative cooling means the fuel itself keeps the engine alive. Fewer parts. Fewer failure points. Faster to build. Starship V3/V4 stacks 33 of these beasts. That's 10,000+ tons of thrust pointed at Mars. Elon called it "by far the best rocket engine ever made". Hard to argue with that. SpaceX Tesla Owners Silicon Valleyshow more

You are looking at the most advanced rocket engine... ever built SpaceX’s next-generation Raptor 3 engine is not just an upgrade, it is a complete redesign of what a rocket engine can be Compared to the original Raptor 1, Raptor 3 is expected to deliver nearly 2x more thrust, around 4x lower cost, a much lighter design saving about 42.9 tons per launch, no external heat shield required, and cleaner, simpler, more integrated hardware This is not just an engine upgrade. It is a major step toward making Starship cheaper, lighter, more reusable, and capable of launching at a scale humanity has never seen before The first flight of Starship V3, powered by Raptor 3, is currently targeted for mid-May 2026 SpaceX is building the future of spaceflight in real timeshow more

GE9X Water Ingestion Test - Proving the World's Largest... Jet Engine Can Survive Extreme Rain The General Electric GE9X, built for the Boeing 777X, must pass brutal certification tests before entering service. One of the toughest is the water ingestion test. What Is the Water Ingestion Test? This test checks if the engine can continue operating safely during extremely heavy rain. During the test: Large amounts of water are sprayed directly into the engine intake The engine runs at high power Engineers monitor performance and stability How the Test Is Performed In a specialized test facility: Water nozzles simulate intense rainfall Thousands of liters of water are injected into the airflow The engine operates at different thrust levels Sensors monitor: Combustion stability Compressor performance Temperature and pressure changes What Engineers Are Checking The engine must prove that: No flameout occurs No compressor stall happens Thrust remains stable Internal components are not damaged Even with massive water flow, the engine must keep running smoothly.show more

This is the most impossible launch moments ever captured... this close A camera sat beneath Starship’s Super Heavy booster as all 33 Raptor engines ignited at once Inside each Raptor, methane and oxygen produce combustion gases approaching 3,000°C, or roughly 5,400°F Then the full engine array erupts, hammering the launch mount with supersonic exhaust, violent shockwaves, extreme acoustic energy, vibration, water spray and enormous clouds of steam Yet the camera kept recording through the entire ignition sequence from directly beneath the mount, without the view ever clouding or fogging SpaceX team engineered a way to capture footage from the most brutal launch environments imaginable The camera system behind this shot may be almost as impressive as the footage itselfshow more

"The sight of the nozzle in operation was something... out of Dante's Inferno, and was almost unbearable" So said Jean Sarrail, a test pilot at René Leduc whose job was to look inside his own engine during flight using a mirror. Here is the Leduc 021 ramjet aircraft in the 1950s :show more

On April 26, 2021, a Cessna 402C was conducting... multi-engine training at Hyannis, Massachusetts, when a simulated engine failure led to a real partial loss of power during a go-around.The trainee followed memory items and set the left engine auxiliary boost pump to high, which likely flooded the engine with excess fuel. During the go-around, the airplane yawed left, airspeed dropped below safe single-engine climb speed, and the instructor had to take control.The aircraft landed hard on the grass beside the runway, and the landing gear collapsed. Both pilots were uninjured. The NTSB determined the boost pump position during the simulated failure led to the power loss. 📸runthisshittshow more

🇺🇸 SPACEX STARSHIP FLIGHT 10 HITS EVERY TARGET IN... SPECTACULAR LAUNCH SpaceX just pulled it off. Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, blasted out of South Texas on its 10th test flight and nailed every key milestone. The Super Heavy booster executed a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, while the upper stage soared to space, re-ignited an engine, deployed dummy Starlink satellites, then survived reentry before breaking up on impact with the ocean. SpaceX says the mission stressed the vehicle’s limits and delivered invaluable data for the next-generation Starship. Source: SpaceCom Video: Dima Zeniukshow more

TESLA DINER SERVES FRONT-ROW SEATS TO STARSHIP FLIGHT 11... Dinner came with liftoff. Guests at Tesla’s new diner watched Starship Flight 11 rise from Starbase as fries hit the table and “Charged Sodas” fizzed. The eleventh test flight marked another leap toward full reusability, powered by 24 Raptor engines and a five-engine divert burn planned before splashdown in the Gulf of America. Between Tesla Burgers and the roar of engines, diners got the ultimate combo, comfort food and the future of spaceflight in the same frame. Source: SpaceX Zackshow more

Remember this armor from our older build using Unity... at 2024? Here’s how it looks now in the current version of Andalas with Unreal Engine! A lot can change during development, so are you excited to know more? #indiegame #AndalasROEL #unrealengineshow more

This video shows a static fire test of the... Archimedes rocket engine, developed by Rocket Lab. Archimedes uses liquid methane (LCH.) as fuel and liquid oxygen (LOX) as the oxidizer, a combination known as methalox. During combustion, these cryogenic propellants produce extremely high temperatures (over 3,000°C), hotter than lava. To survive this, the engine circulates cold fuel through its walls before burning it, a technique called regenerative cooling. Multiple Archimedes engines will power Rocket Lab's upcoming Neutron rocket, which is being built to launch satellites and cargo to orbit with lower cost and higher reliability. Rocket Lab is best known for its Electron rocket and is now expanding into larger, reusable launch vehicles with Neutron.show more

Audi RS4 B7. Peak RS4 for many enthusiasts. The... 4.2 FSI naturally aspirated V8, around 414 hp, paired with a manual gearbox only. Audi was serious about this car. And unlike the M3 or C63 at the time, the RS4 had Quattro AWD, which gave it insane traction. The engine revs high and sounds incredible, although owners know about the carbon build up issue these engines can develop and that they love their timing chain jobs, so missing them just hurts the engine. Still one of the most loved RS cars Audi ever built.show more

Do this test to see if you'll live longer.... It's called the Knee Jump Test. Here's how to do it: You start from a kneeling position and try to jump up onto your feet without using any support. The "midlife test"—going from knees to feet shows strength, mobility, and even lifespan. Struggling? It’s an early warning for lack of strength, power, mobility, and weight gain. Try it out and let me know how you did!show more

STARLINK LANDS IN BHUTAN—HIGH-SPEED INTERNET FOR ALL! Bhutan just... got a major digital boost—Starlink is now live! Starlink’s blazing-fast internet is connecting even the most remote spots. - Speeds That Stun – Up to 220 Mbps with ultra-low latency. - Globally Connected – Bhutan joins a growing list of nations unlocking next-gen connectivity. - Pocket-Sized Power – Starlink Mini brings high-speed internet anywhere—just unpack and go. - Fully Approved – Local regulators gave the green light, to integrated payment systems. Bhutan just unlocked next-level connectivity—stream, work, and game from anywhere! Source: Starlink, Latestly, SpaceXshow more

🚨 SPACEX IS ABOUT TO TEST A RADICALLY DIFFERENT... KIND OF SPACECRAFT AND IT COULD UPEND THE ENTIRE ORBITAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY. On Tuesday, SpaceX plans to fly the first prototype of Starfall, a flat, disk-shaped reentry capsule designed to return up to 1,000 kilograms of cargo from orbit in a single flight. That’s roughly 30 times more payload capacity than current commercial return vehicles (like those from Varda Space Industries). It’s not a scaled-down Dragon it’s a completely different approach: no onboard deorbit engine, a wide flat disk geometry, and Starlink terminals mounted to maintain communication through the plasma blackout during reentry. Why this matters: • Current orbital manufacturing companies are limited to returning only dozens of kilograms per mission • Starfall’s design could make large-scale commercial production in space economically viable for the first time • SpaceX would be directly competing with companies (like Varda) that currently pay SpaceX to launch their capsules • Successfully testing Starlink through reentry plasma would be a major technical win with applications across SpaceX’s vehicles The deeper implication: SpaceX is quietly expanding its vertical integration. They already dominate launch. Now they’re moving into the return leg of the orbital manufacturing supply chain the part that has been the biggest bottleneck for companies trying to make products in microgravity and bring them back to Earth. If Starfall works at scale, it doesn’t just give SpaceX another revenue stream. It gives them significant control over the economics of an entire emerging industry. The disk shape and high-capacity design suggest they’re thinking about high-cadence, lower-cost returns rather than the traditional high-value, low-volume approach. This is classic SpaceX: take an existing problem (expensive, low-capacity return from orbit), apply first-principles thinking to the vehicle design, and try to make it dramatically cheaper and higher volume. How do you think this move into orbital return changes the competitive landscape for companies trying to build businesses in space manufacturing? Follow for more analysis on SpaceX’s expanding role across the space economy.show more

Robora Sim: A PyBullet-Powered Environment for Learning Robotic Physical... Intelligence We are currently building our Robora simulation environment setup for our sim based learning, leveraging PyBullet, an industry-standard physics engine widely used in AI-driven robotics research and development. The environment is optimized with GPU-accelerated learning algorithms, enabling high-speed imitation learning and reinforcement learning within a safe and controlled virtual setup before shipping out to real world. This simulation platform allows our models to learn, adapt, and generalize across different robot morphologies, terrain types and task objectives - all before deployment to the real world. At it's core, the system combines a VLA-powered high-level planner with low-level motion control algorithms, working cohesively to produce emergent, physically intelligent behaviors. This synergy between simulation, learning, and real-world transfer marks a major step forward in our pursuit of adaptive and intelligent robotic systems. Through advanced domain randomization and synthetic data generation, the Robora Simulation Environment ensures that policies trained in simulation transfer effectively to real-world robots, minimizing the sim-to-real gap. Moreover, users will be able to test and integrate their own hardware kits within selected simulation environments in the Robora Dapp, ensuring seamless compatibility and safer real-world implementation.show more

You’re on a journey on this kind of lonely... road with your car and your car suddenly develops a fault, You can’t call for help and your lines can’t be reached due to network issues, what do you do? Except the car will stop and the engine won’t come up again, please reduce your speed and accelerate softly till you get to a nearby town, if it is an overheating issue, keep driving, put the gear in the neutral position and switch off the engine and let the car keep moving, switch it back on when you have to ascend a hilly road and the car can’t move freely on its own again. If the battery signal comes up while driving, chances are that your alternator has failed, or the alternator belt is damaged, apply the same method and switch off your AC, radio system or anything that may drain the battery while driving till you get to a safe place. If it is a flat tyre, maintain a low speed till you get to a safe place to change and use your spare, keep moving. Yes!!! Damage that tyre till you get to a safe place, just keep moving and make sure you have a spare tyre always and it is in a good condition. If the engine suddenly goes off on top speed, chances are that a fuse is damaged and this is why I will make a thread on how to identify different fuses and how to have them fixed temporarily in case of Emergencies. If your car jerks or experiences a lazy movement while driving, it’s likely to be a fuel related issue, fuel pump most likely, switch off the engine intermittently and put the gear in Neutral position, keep moving… if the fuel pump rests for about 5mins, it’ll pick up back when you ignite the engine, this will/may at least take you to a safe place or where you can have access to network to make calls. If you hear strange sounds like knocking sounds or the oil signal starts to blink, relax and reduce your speed, keep moving. Manage it till you get to a safe place or can have access to network. If your gear/transmission system isn’t selecting well, apply the same method, reduce your speed but keep moving, slow movement is better than no movement, your life and safety matters a lot. Please note that there are some Mechanical issues that nothing can solve on the road except patience and just to pray to God for safety and help, for example, you run into a pothole unknowingly and the oil pan hits the road and your engine or gear oil leaks away, or your ball joint or tie rod head pulls out, I’ll suggest you leave the car there, roll up your windows and lock up the car and start trekking till you get network or help, staying with the car may make you vulnerable to attacks or attract unexpected company, just keep walking away from the car for safety. Most importantly, please stay safe and be conscious of your environment. Be friendly with your Mechanic too or any Mechanic you see on the road. Don’t manage faults in cars and risk traveling with it.show more

‼️ 🇺🇸 An A-10 Warthog safely returned to base... after being hit by a surface to air missile during a combat mission, highlighting once again the aircraft’s legendary survivability. The strike caused heavy damage to the right engine nacelle, tearing apart sections of the outer structure and exposing internal components. Despite the impact, the aircraft remained fully controllable and all critical flight systems continued operating. The pilot maintained control throughout the incident and completed a safe landing without further complications. Built for close air support missions, the A-10 was designed with redundant flight controls, armored protection, and battlefield resilience at its core. Does any modern aircraft match the Warthog’s combat toughness?show more

NEWS: SpaceX has released a statement after today's successful... 11th Starship test flight. "Every major objective of the flight test was achieved, providing valuable data as we prepare the next generation of Starship and Super Heavy. The flight test began with Super Heavy igniting all 33 Raptor engines and ascending over the Gulf. The successful first-stage ascent was followed by a hot-staging maneuver, with Starship’s upper stage igniting its six Raptor engines to continue its flight to space. Following stage separation, the Super Heavy booster completed its boostback burn to put it on a course to a pre-planned splashdown zone off the coast of Texas using 12 of the 13 planned engines. Under the same angle of attack tested on the previous flight, the booster descended until successfully igniting all 13 planned engines (including one that did not relight during the boostback burn) for the high-thrust portion of the landing burn. The booster successfully executed a unique landing burn planned for use on the next generation booster. Super Heavy hovered above the water before shutting down its engines and splashing down. After completing a full-duration ascent burn, Starship achieved its planned velocity and trajectory. During flight, Starship successfully deployed eight Starlink simulators and executed the third in-space relight of a Raptor engine, demonstrating a critical capability for future deorbit burns. Starship re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and was able to gather extensive data on the performance of its heatshield as it was intentionally stressed to test the limits of the vehicle’s capabilities. In the final minutes of flight, Starship performed a dynamic banking maneuver to mimic the trajectory that future missions returning to Starbase will fly. Starship then guided itself using its four flaps to the pre-planned splashdown zone in the Indian Ocean, successfully executing a landing flip, landing burn, and soft splashdown. Focus now turns to the next generation of Starship and Super Heavy, with multiple vehicles currently in active build and preparing for tests. This next iteration will be used for the first Starship orbital flights, operational payload missions, propellant transfer, and more as we iterate to a fully and rapidly reusable vehicle with service to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond."show more

We’re excited to announce our integration with SKALE, a... high-performance, zero-gas blockchain purpose-built for speed, scale, and security. This partnership strengthens our infrastructure as we continue building transparent, trust-based systems for decentralized science. We’re excited about what this unlocks for researchers, contributors, and the future of data integrity in DeSci. 👀 Look out for more on how we’re using SKALE in the AxonDAO ecosystem.show more