Next 5 years until 2022

[The Ham]

This is a delight.

Better ride quality and refinement than most "modern" spacecraft... And dwell times should be less of an issue for astronauts?!

Mostly due to the large diameter full length grab handle that enables them to reach it from whichever direction and with the restricted movement of space suit glives, unlike most others that just have a smaller handle.

 

[SpacePhoenix]

You can tell it's fake because the door nearest to the camers is open. If it was real, the astronauts would have closed it

Probably been Photoshopped from a photo showing one being turned into an artificial reef

 

[Andrew1395]

Good luck with that :roll: ain't gonna happen any time soon (if ever!)

hope to see all railway staff down the dole office maybe?

I remember people in our depot thinking the same before. OMO of freight trains would never happen. DOO is of course about reducing staffing costs. But technology is a huge force for change. Surely Amazon aren't going to cut out parcel delivery staff are they? Having the capacity to do something and doing it is of course another matter.

 

[SpacePhoenix]

I remember people in our depot thinking the same before. OMO of freight trains would never happen. DOO is of course about reducing staffing costs. But technology is a huge force for change. Surely Amazon aren't going to cut out parcel delivery staff are they? Having the capacity to do something and doing it is of course another matter.

On TV (think it was Click on the BBC News Channel) it showed a Chinese company that's probably could be classed as an equivalent of Amazon. It's warehouse used to have about 500 people working in it, it's now virtually all automated. iirc the loading of the vans was also automated

 

[Class 170101]

Won't be long before the vans are automated also.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

This is a delight.
Better ride quality and refinement than most "modern" spacecraft... And dwell times should be less of an issue for astronauts?!

Must be the new solution for Virgin Galactic.
Or is it ECS captured en route to the "Breakers Yard in the Sky"?

 

[najaB]

Won't be long before the vans are automated also.

The vans may soon be able to drive themselves, it'll be a while before androids are able to make the actual delivery.

 

[cjmillsnun]

I read somewhere that Brunel didn't understand drainage very well and that his tracks have often had to be raised to improve the drainage; whereas the Stephensons and their collaborators understood drainage from their mine experience.

Considering Brunel's work on the thames tunnel, I suspect he understood drainage and groundwater better than you think.