Dummy Talks

Japanese scientist from Kashiwa are working together with origami masters with the hope to launch an airplane made of paper from space and explore its journey back to Earth.

The first prototype passed the durability test in a wind tunnel this month which resulted in the adoption of the project by the Japan’s Space Agency for further testing.

“One successful flight from space to Earth by an origami plane could have huge impact on the development of re-entry vehicles and space probes for upper-atmospheric studies” , said the leader of the project Pr. Shinji Suzuki of the Tokyo University’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

In early February a prototype about 5 cm long and 4 cm wide had managed to survive Mach 7 speed and astonishing temperatures up to 466 degrees Fahrenheit in a hypersonic wind tunnel.

Official statement from the U.S. Military says that yesterday ( the 26th of March) two U.S. Air Force F-15s had to escort two Russian long-range bomb bearers out of an air exclusion zone off the coast of Alaska.

U.S. radar situated near the cost of Alaska first picked up the Russian turbo-propelled bombers Tupolev-95 at around 800 km off the shore of Alaska

Two U.S. jets from Elmendorf Air Force Base were dispatched to meet the bombers and escorted them out of the area without causing any trouble, the officials said.

The air exclusion of this zone is maintained by the United States , thus barring unknown aircraft or aircraft that do not report flights inside the area.

In February another Russian aircraft approached the U.S. coastline which speaks of active movement in the Russia’s NAVY forces.

Back then, four Bear bombers flew near the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, with one of them flying at about 700 m from the Nimitz’s deck.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said at the time there was no violation of flight regulations during the incident. A ministry official described the flights as standard operating procedure for air force training.

Finally the U.S. military officials said that the incidents should not be considered as tread. They say it’s the Russian military forces testing its ability and presence.