Comments on: MAIL VIA ROCKET http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:20:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: beagledad http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053560 beagledad Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:08:21 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053560 Rocket-assisted insider trading! Cool! Will the indictments be sent via rocket too? Rocket-assisted insider trading! Cool! Will the indictments be sent via rocket too?

]]> By: richard schumacher http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053283 richard schumacher Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:53:52 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053283 You guys have heard that in a couple years thrillseekers will be paying $200,000 a head to take quite similar joyrides, right? Transcontinental and transoceanic business trips will follow soon after. You guys have heard that in a couple years thrillseekers will be paying $200,000 a head to take quite similar joyrides, right? Transcontinental and transoceanic business trips will follow soon after.

]]> By: Crazy Pat http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053200 Crazy Pat Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:10:13 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053200 Postal workers in charge of firing missiles... great idea til a disgruntled employee reprograms them to shoot into the supervisors office window ;) Postal workers in charge of firing missiles… great idea til a disgruntled employee reprograms them to shoot into the supervisors office window ;)

]]> By: Blurgle http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053192 Blurgle Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:10:58 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053192 Unfortunately, money transfers are only expensive for people who don't have much money. If you have the money to afford this, you have the money to get free, immediate wire transfers. Unfortunately, money transfers are only expensive for people who don’t have much money. If you have the money to afford this, you have the money to get free, immediate wire transfers.

]]> By: Rick Auricchio http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053182 Rick Auricchio Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:34:31 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053182 "The only thing I can think of that this would be cost effective for is transplant organs." The misfires and failures might even help provide a ready supply of organs from unfortunate victims. “The only thing I can think of that this would be cost effective for is transplant organs.”

The misfires and failures might even help provide a ready supply of organs from unfortunate victims.

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053181 jayessell Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:31:05 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053181 Myles: Is the hovering problem due to the air beneath the rotors forming a ring that can't support the aircraft? (Which is why helicopters don't/can't/shouldn't land straight down?) Myles:
Is the hovering problem due to the air beneath the rotors forming a ring that can’t support the aircraft?
(Which is why helicopters don’t/can’t/shouldn’t land straight down?)

]]> By: Myles http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053174 Myles Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:09:15 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053174 I did notice the Osprey looking helicopter. It seems like a simple idea. I worked for a Textron company so we got bulletins on what was happening with the Osprey while it was in early development. They kept pushing back the expected delivery date (by years) as it had a tendency to fall out of the sky. It looked like it was going to be a dud. It takes extremely sophisticated computer programs to keep it in the air when it is in hover mode that probably didn't even exist when they first started working on the program. I did notice the Osprey looking helicopter. It seems like a simple idea. I worked for a Textron company so we got bulletins on what was happening with the Osprey while it was in early development. They kept pushing back the expected delivery date (by years) as it had a tendency to fall out of the sky. It looked like it was going to be a dud. It takes extremely sophisticated computer programs to keep it in the air when it is in hover mode that probably didn’t even exist when they first started working on the program.

]]> By: John http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053169 John Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:50:47 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053169 Notice on the top of the second page the aircraft looks an awful lot like a V-22 Osprey Here is the Wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-22_Osprey Notice on the top of the second page the aircraft looks an awful lot like a V-22 Osprey

Here is the Wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-22_Osprey

]]> By: Eamon http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053168 Eamon Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:35:57 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053168 Can you imagine if something went wrong? Valuable cargo scattered across miles of countryside or worse, straight through some building. The only thing I can think of that this would be cost effective for is transplant organs. Can you imagine if something went wrong? Valuable cargo scattered across miles of countryside or worse, straight through some building.

The only thing I can think of that this would be cost effective for is transplant organs.

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053163 Charlie Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:20:38 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053163 Myles » That and the fact that the cost would be astronomical. There are incredibly few things that a) need to happen in 3 hours instead of 12 and b) can't be done over the phone or fax. Myles » That and the fact that the cost would be astronomical. There are incredibly few things that a) need to happen in 3 hours instead of 12 and b) can’t be done over the phone or fax.

]]> By: Myles http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053159 Myles Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:14:46 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053159 Cool, these missiles will be ready at the same time we will have "robot slaves." The weakest part of this plan is the rockets landing. That requires sophisticated computer control that did not exist. Also as Rick says above, the technologies that would make this system obsolete were already know about when this article was written. Cool, these missiles will be ready at the same time we will have “robot slaves.” The weakest part of this plan is the rockets landing. That requires sophisticated computer control that did not exist. Also as Rick says above, the technologies that would make this system obsolete were already know about when this article was written.

]]> By: Casandro http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053135 Casandro Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:26:35 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053135 This would have been a good alternative to wire transfers for money. You could get money to other places within hours not days. And it would also probably be cheaper for international transfers. This would have been a good alternative to wire transfers for money. You could get money to other places within hours not days. And it would also probably be cheaper for international transfers.

]]> By: Rick Auricchio http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053124 Rick Auricchio Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:52:50 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/mail-via-rocket/#comment-1053124 I suppose they just forgot about the FAX machine. I suppose they just forgot about the FAX machine.

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