An Ex Rocket Man's Take On It

The ravings of a trained mind.

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Trump Treason Evidence

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Update 9-27-2026 :  added bits of text in red a couple of places below,  to indicate how the treasons of damaging the alliances costs you r...
Saturday, September 19, 2026

Trump Dictatorship Evidence

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The first image below is my spreadsheet that tracks 10 hallmarks of a dictatorship.  As of this date,  I see 8 fully in place,  and 2 mostly...
Saturday, September 12, 2026

Starship/Superheavy Hot Staging

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This is not insider knowledge.  It is based only upon what SpaceX has publicly released.  There is some kind of geometrically-shaped shi...
Tuesday, August 25, 2026

A Question

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My wife found this,  and it is just too good not to post!  But it does raise some other serious questions,  beyond just the one in the image...
Friday, August 21, 2026

Inlets Capable of Supersonic Flight Use

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This posting is a primer about supersonic-capable air inlets for people who know very little about them.  I had intended to put t up in Sept...
Tuesday, August 11, 2026

World’s Longest Stuff

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I found this image in someone’s post on LinkedIn.  It is too funny (and too true) not to post here!  Enjoy. -----   Search code:          ...
Sunday, August 2, 2026

What Nozzle Designs to Use Where, and Why

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I see proponents of aerospike (altitude-compensating) nozzles claiming that the improved efficiencies seen vs altitude down in the atmospher...
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Gary Johnson
McGregor, Texas, United States
GW had a 20 year career in aerospace defense new product engineering, followed by a 20 year career in mostly teaching, with a little civil engineering and aviation work. He is now retired on a small farm in central Texas, occasionally building and selling cactus eradication tools, available for consulting, and offering a self-published book on ramjet propulsion. He has posted a lot of technical articles on this site, a catalog of which is in the post "Lists of Some Articles By Topic Area", dated 21 October 2021. For information about the ramjet book, see "GW's Ramjet Book Is Now Available!", posted 12 February 2024. Use the blog archive gadget as a navigation tool to find these quickly. He is also developing course materials for teaching or self-teaching in aerothermodynamics, and in the sizing of vehicles for space missions.
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