Tag: Propulsion

13 DEC

Video: See our full interview with NASA propulsion engineer Norman Chaffee

Video shot by Joshua Ballinger, edited and produced by Jing Niu and David Minick. Transcript coming soon. (video link) While many of our interviewees had “front office” jobs in the space program—pilots, astronauts, flight controllers—some of the most interesting interview bits came from the pure engineers. That includes folks like Norman Chaffee, who started his […]

27 NOV

2019 Infiniti QX50: Crossover Proportions, Radical Propulsion

– After two decades of development, amassing some 200 patents along the way, Infiniti is the first automaker to move the vaunted concept of a variable-compression-ratio engine out of the engineering labs and into production. The first of many Infiniti vehicles that this 2.0-liter VC-Turbo engine will power is the all-new 2019 QX50 compact crossover. […]