I don't see the pilot in the photo.
He isn't shut in the cockpit for the next 48 hours, is he?
Today's planned PARIS lift-off has been canned due to high winds at the launch site. The team was up at the crack of dawn to brave sub-zero temperatures with nothing more than a quick shot of brandy keeping the balls on the brass monkeys. We may as well have stayed in bed, since despite relatively clear skies, the wind was …
I hope that you've got enough ballast in PARIS to shift the cg forward, to counter the weight and air resistance of the wire that's sticking out of her topside.
Otherwise the wire would tend to make her pitch up and turn turtle, ending up upside down, with tail headed into the wind.
Had to go in his silver space suit whilst Freedom 7 was stuck on the pad. But he was only given permission after the people at mission control were sure it wouldn't cause a short circuit and fatal fire.
By the way where was Rui? That image is sadly lacking the air of sultry glamour he brought to earlier photoshoots.
The guy in the background, in the blue jacket --- I'd recognise that shadow over the upper face anywhere. It's ex-Emperor Palpatine! The whole PARIS project is a front for a Sith plot to take over the world! Once released, Vulture One will cruise at hypersonic velocities through the upper atmosphere releasing paper-based midichlorian nanotechnology that will corrupt our precious bodily fluids. Soon, people everywhere will be compelled by the power of the Force to vote Tea Party, so recreating the Empire and restoring Palpatine to power!
It's so obvious in hindsight. What else could PARIS stand for but Palpatine's Attempt to Restore the Influence of the Sith?
Is that how long it takes you to sober up, or is that the next time you're on the sauce again.
You never get more than a stiff breeze in Spain, thats why it's populated by three Spaniards and 300 million expats. I am not convinced this project is being taken seriously, most scientific projects would ban alcohol on work site.
While we wait with baited breath for the conditions to improve (and the brandy to evaporate), perhaps we should review the history of other's failures, and check that we're not overlooking something basic.
http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=10/10/24/1514250
Well I will identify myself ex-Emperor Palpatine, Most people would say having a shadow across my face was a good thing (although the Shadows is a different SCI-FI theme). It was very cold and windy on that day unfortunately, the wine glasses were frozen to our hands. The good news is the tracker I had going was received 300 miles away. Play mobile pulled out all the stops and our pilot Chuck has been trained by the best Buzz Lightyear.