http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 02:15:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/24/what-else-can-a-747-carry.html http://boingboing.net/2012/09/24/what-else-can-a-747-carry.html#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:08:20 +0000 Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/?p=182857 Endeavour on its final trip — a voyage to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. But that's not the only way 747s break away from the everyday task of hauling around airline passengers. Scientific American has a slide show of other amazing uses for these great big planes — from testing laser weapons to serving as a flying telescope.]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/09/24/what-else-can-a-747-carry.html/feed 5