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Out climbed, with gear down, a T-38 with gear up!  Near vertical if I heard right.

The T-38 is a trainer and has a climb rate of 33,600 feet/minute.  Definitely on the low end compared to most active fighter jets but no slouch at all compared to civil aircraft 

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Nuclear-thermal fans, we're taking a step closer: https://www.ga.com/ga-successfully-tests-nuclear-thermal-propulsion-reactor-fuel-at-nasa-marshall-space-flight-center

tl;dr Successfully tested hydrogen flowing over fuel pellets at operational temperatures of 2600K (2327 deg. C) at NASA's CFEET facility, with non-hydrogen propellant tested at 3000K.

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It's not often you see the word "ghost" in a respected science journal - especially when by 'ghost' they are literally talking about some sort of spectral apparition.  So when I saw the word on the Science AAS site, I was intrigued. 

Sadly, pay walled for me.  Thankfully, they're not the only ones reporting. 

Read on about seismology, railroads and ghosts:

https://mashable.com/article/earthquake-railroad-ghost-story

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10 minutes ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said:

It's not often you see the word "ghost" in a respected science journal - especially when by 'ghost' they are literally talking about some sort of spectral apparition.  So when I saw the word on the Science AAS site, I was intrigued. 

Sadly, pay walled for me.  Thankfully, they're not the only ones reporting. 

Read on about seismology, railroads and ghosts:

https://mashable.com/article/earthquake-railroad-ghost-story

hero-image.fill.size_1248x702.v173800720

 

St. Elmo’s fire, ball lightning?  Are these more common around earthquakes?

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