And I'm not talking in terms of always being first to hoist the white flag.

In continuation of posting links to those who linked to the Pro Troop Rally post, I present to you 'Spacecraft: Discussion of Spacecraft Design, Dynamics and Control, and News'

In this post, it is reported that SPOT-1, a french satellite that has had it orbit lowered to help it 'de-orbit' (in 15 years or so), was 'first spacecraft to fly with an attitude control flywheel supported by magnetic bearings'.

For some reason, I think that the Doc and this guy could have a wonderful conversation on the topic of the Van Allen Belt. But seriously, the guy has good posts on news and politics along with some learning possibilites for the rest of us who can't figure out the square root of the leading edge dynamic of a basketball.

If you do know the square root of the leading edge dynamic, please leave your answers in the comments.

UPDATE: The answer is not 42. I tried that. Oddly enough, 42 is the answer to the square root of the drag coefficient of a large flying office building containing an extremely disreputable cocktail party now heading into its fourth genration of party-goers.