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Old 11-18-2009 | 08:42 AM
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Default Think the USA can't build anything impressive anymore?

Think again. Don't know about you guys, but to me this is incredible. I work in an engineering discipline and I am utterly astounded by the work that had to go into this. It is apparently slated to go into the Smithsonian. F***ing mindblowing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjBDf...=youtube_gdata
 
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Old 11-18-2009 | 10:17 AM
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^^^^^ Bro!!! Check your pm I wanna holla at you about something,I sent a message, did it come through?

that video link was kinda cool though
 

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Old 11-18-2009 | 11:38 AM
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But the video appeared to be CGI...
 
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Old 11-18-2009 | 11:48 AM
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I can think of a lot of things that the US makes that are more impressive and more relevant. Like the F22-Raptor
 
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Old 11-18-2009 | 11:50 AM
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^ Epic. *******. Win.
 
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Old 11-18-2009 | 02:55 PM
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or this

 
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Old 11-18-2009 | 03:32 PM
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NASA's Ares 1-X rocket is pretty impressive.

One of the biggest engineering challenges of our time is to develop practical quantum information and computing devices.
 
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Old 11-18-2009 | 11:55 PM
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LOL agreed on all of the above. I found out later on that it is actually CGI. Still impressive. And I agree the F22 Raptor is more impressive...and at work, I test and troubleshoot its avionics Now if I could just arrange a test ride...
 
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Old 11-19-2009 | 12:04 AM
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well if you get a ride, i get a ride.
I used to weld components that went into them. Now its JSF prototype parts!
 
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Old 11-21-2009 | 03:28 AM
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Originally Posted by AutoUnionFan
One of the biggest engineering challenges of our time is to develop practical quantum information and computing devices.
Yabbut, aren't quantums rilly, rilly small?
 



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