NASA fun, BassDrive

I have been aware for a while of some archived NASA footage of their full-scale transport crash test thingee, which took place in 1980-something, I think. This was with a Boeing 707, and old design. They goofed up the crash a little, and the intense fire was not forseen, and it generally scared people a lot about airliners.

Let me assure you, airline flying is very safe, and I'll write about that some day. In the meantime read "How safe is flying today?" Another myth I'd like to touch on is that airliners and passenger flying is the whole of aviation, as many people unconsciously imagine. There is a ton of other flying out there, most people just don't see it.

Anyways back to the crash. Some fellas had a contest to put this crash footage to music, and I really like the winner. Check it out here. Or at the link below.

Some more NASA fun: what if we threw a cat at a wall in zero gravity? Well you can see what happens here. Or at the link below.

Lastly, what is BassDrive? Well, in one of my phases I got really into drum and bass and jungle music. This has fallen off into a much lower level, but I still enjoy listening to it, like when working on stuff or studying or something. A really great way to listen or to check it out is the internet radio station BassDrive runs at www.bassdrive.com. Their radio shows are just awesome, I particularly like Modern Vintage with Vishnu.

I have to say that these two links I got from Boing Boing, a great place.

LINK for airline safety info
LINK for crash footage
LINK for cat footage
LINK for BassDrive