Alex Hollings
@AlexHollings52
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Writer, dad, and Marine veteran. Editor in Chief at Sandboxx News, AirPower guy, frequent contributor for Popular Mechanics, @milreporters Board of Directors
Joined August 2014
The Darkstar in the new @TopGunMovie seems pretty realistic for good reason. Jerry Bruckheimer told me that it was actually designed with Skunk Works engineers. The US Navy told him China reoriented a spy satellite to get pics of it, thinking it was a real experimental aircraft.
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That’s pretty awesome company, if I do say so myself! Happy birthday @Dave_Parke!
Big bday day today @Dave_Parke and @AlexHollings52
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@petree_ste18404 It’s been a long time since someone’s called me that! I love it! Hahah Semper Fi!
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RT @davis_winkie: I’m heartbroken to share that my friend Capt. Rebecca Lobach died in Wednesday evening’s crash near DC’s National Airport…
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@Tee_Boards The situation you’re talking about is called the Kessler Syndrome and it’s a genuine (and growing) concern. As the number of satellites in orbit increases, so too do the chances of a Kessler scenario. That’s a big part of why anti-sat tests were much less dangerous in the 1980s!
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@Ronsmythe3 @sandboxxnews 3,000 nautical miles is roughly 3,450 or so miles, so that sounds pretty close to the mark.
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