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Some surfaces may seem difficult to glue. But if you research the materials, find tables of what adhesives work on them, and prepare your surfaces carefully, you can fail to glue them in a fun NEW way that fills your house with dangerous vapors.

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16-Part Epoxy

I wanted to make the world's fastest yawl, so I made the aft sail bigger, but apparently that means it's not a yawl anymore! It's a real ketch-22.

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Sailing Rigs

We're going to need to modify the surface to mount it on the test stand. Which ocean basin do you like the least?

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Planetary Alignment

It's important to teach yourself to feel responsible for random events, because with great responsibility comes great power. That's what my wise Uncle Ben told me right before he died; he might still be alive today if only I'd said rabbit rabbit that year!

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Superstition

Some people argue that the tension and compression in the human skeleton is technically tensegrity, but it's missing the defining characteristic: making people say 'wtf, how is that thing floating?' when they see it.

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Tensegrity

They're not generally used for crewed spacecraft because astronauts HATE going around the corners.

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Conic Sections

Anyone else watching this Youtube video in 1954? If so, my last trip definitely messed with the timeline.

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Anyone Else Here

1,300,000-1,400,000 ft: Ask a crew member to show you how to use the ISS food warmer.

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High Altitude Cooking Instructions

Building Inspectors HATE This One Weird Trick

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Truly Universal Outlet

Vertebrae Georg

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Sauropods