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  • Ferrari GT Race Car

    fastest I’ve gone, on approach to the turn at Thermal

    October 19, 2026
    Categories: Wheelz (255)
    Post Tags: club (64), ferrari (7), geek (61), gsthering (6), gt (6), nico (6), race (44), thermal (23), weekend (289)
    1 comment on Ferrari GT Race Car
    Ferrari GT Race Car
  • Ferrari 296 Challenge, now F1 Champion Nico Rosberg’s signature on the roof

    and my wife about to let it rip

    October 19, 2026
    Categories: Wheelz (255)
    Post Tags: club (64), ferrari (7), geek (61), gsthering (6), gt (6), nico (6), race (44), thermal (23), weekend (289)
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    Ferrari 296 Challenge, now F1 Champion Nico Rosberg’s signature on the roof
  • Ferrari 296 challenge race car

    at Thermal Club this weekend

    October 19, 2026
    Categories: Wheelz (255)
    Post Tags: club (64), ferrari (7), geek (61), gsthering (6), gt (6), nico (6), race (44), thermal (23), weekend (289)
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    Ferrari 296 challenge race car
  • Racing cars with the F1 World Champion, Nico Rosberg

    It was his first time driving in a GT race car, and yet he still earned the top lap speed for our gathering of high-speed geeks. He signed the roof of the Ferrari 296, and I drove it faster than I have ever gone before. Thx Naveen Rao for hosting us at Thermal and to… Read More

    October 19, 2026
    Categories: Wheelz (255)
    Post Tags: club (64), ferrari (7), geek (61), gsthering (6), gt (6), nico (6), race (44), thermal (23), weekend (289)
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    Racing cars with the F1 World Champion, Nico Rosberg
  • Ferrari 488 Challenge

    with the newer 296 peeling away

    October 19, 2026
    Categories: Wheelz (255)
    Post Tags: club (64), ferrari (7), geek (61), gsthering (6), gt (6), nico (6), race (44), thermal (23), weekend (289)
    1 comment on Ferrari 488 Challenge
    Ferrari 488 Challenge
  • Gen going in

    in the zone with the Ferrari 296 Challenge

    October 19, 2026
    Categories: Wheelz (255)
    Post Tags: club (64), ferrari (7), geek (61), gsthering (6), gt (6), nico (6), race (44), thermal (23), weekend (289)
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    Gen going in
  • Dr. Irene Pepperberg on the potential of Bird Brains

    The new XPRIZE on Interspecies Communication, with a $10M purse will launch next month. It will challenge teams to demonstrate ethical, verified two-way communication with wild animals, advancing coexistence and cooperation. Dr. Irene Pepperberg spoke to us today about her pioneering work with grey parrots, training them in English to perform many tasks at 6-year… Read More

    October 16, 2026
    Categories: AI – Alien and Artificial (427), People and Animals (508)
    Post Tags: ai (156), animal (45), communication (11), dr (9), grey (8), interspecies (5), irene, ml (28), parrot (4), pepperberg, visioneering (20), xprize (70)
    1 comment on Dr. Irene Pepperberg on the potential of Bird Brains
    Dr. Irene Pepperberg on the potential of Bird Brains
  • We are Go Flight — XPRIZE Future of Space

    Backstage with two astronauts, before our talks on the Future of Space at the XPRIZE Visioneering event today. Rusty Schweickart was the first Lunar Module Pilot, and during his Apollo 9 spacewalk, he had an unexpected five minute waiting period without checklists or activities to distract him. He said it changed his life. He saw… Read More

    October 15, 2026
    Categories: Biographical Sketches (1286), NASA (571), X Prize (79)
    Post Tags: 9 (106), ansari (4), Apollo (318), ase (4), b612 (40), future (159), lmp (17), malibu (9), neo (8), rusty (31), schweickart (20), space (567), visioneering (20), xprize (70)
    1 comment on We are Go Flight — XPRIZE Future of Space
    We are Go Flight — XPRIZE Future of Space
  • Flying the Planet Atlas RocketCam at BALLS 2026

    Of the 6 rocket launches we had at BALLS 2026, our strap-on video camera only survived on the smallest one: our 38mm minimum diameter "Planet Atlas" flying on an Aerotech I175 motor. It was Sunday morning, and we needed to stay below the clouds for visibility. Here’s the video from the strap-on RocketCam and the… Read More

    October 13, 2026
    Categories: BALLS (280), Rockets 🚀 (1369)
    Post Tags: 2026 (11), 38mm (3), Aerotech (115), atlas (11), balls (299), diameter (22), i175, minimum (21), planet (104), rocketcam (33), video (152)
    1 comment on Flying the Planet Atlas RocketCam at BALLS 2026
    Flying the Planet Atlas RocketCam at BALLS 2026
  • Vlog of our Big Red Rocket at BALLS

    🚀 Kevin spent the weekend with us at BALLS and captured the excitement of one of our launches (a supersonic fiberglass + aluminum rocket) and the camaraderie of our crew… Here’s his video and the rocket’s red glare… bursting in air ♫ ♪

    October 11, 2026
    Categories: BALLS (280), Rockets 🚀 (1369)
    Post Tags: balls (299), kevin (7), n5800 (4), rocket (1074), shred (10), supersonic (74), video (152), weekend (289), wolf (11)
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    Vlog of our Big Red Rocket at BALLS
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