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Re: Interesting article thread
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:42 pm
by MrTwosheds
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Yes. But what's that got to do with making ridiculously fast unmanned military aircraft?
The 1st goal should be to get into orbit(and preferably down again) in a low cost, safe and reliable manner. Once we get that little problem sorted the rest is mostly straight forward engineering and a few biological problems.
Heh this is as far as we get these days.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17793724
Re: Interesting article thread
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:12 am
by APCs r Evil
Oh good. A new, ultra expensive weapon capable of killing the government's enemies before they know they've been hit. Because none of the other weapon systems can do that.
Re: Interesting article thread
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:32 am
by Nielk1
APCs r Evil wrote:Oh good. A new, ultra expensive weapon capable of killing the government's enemies before they know they've been hit. Because none of the other weapon systems can do that.
You guys do know that not EVERYTHING DARPA does is about weapons. Sure, sometimes its a justification, but some of this stuff isn't even militarily practical, they just said it was so they could do it.
Re: Interesting article thread
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:38 pm
by Zenophas
Re: Interesting article thread
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:18 pm
by Iron_Maiden
Re: Interesting article thread
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:18 pm
by Iron_Maiden
Re: Interesting article thread
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:10 pm
by Iron_Maiden
Re: Interesting article thread
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:15 pm
by Psychedelic Rhino
You've become BZMF's own news aggregate site.

Re: Interesting article thread
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:20 pm
by Red Devil
i wonder if you can use it like Sternoâ„¢
Re: Interesting article thread
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:01 pm
by Iron_Maiden
Thank you PR, just figured we needed a place for all the weird I come across on my voyage across the internet.
Re: Interesting article thread
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:56 pm
by Red Devil
...and that's just the stuff that makes it to the internet...
Re: Interesting article thread
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:47 am
by MrTwosheds
Did occur to me that the asteroid mining plan might be a bit problematic, seems they want to put them orbit to do the mining, 1 little push in the wrong direction and you've got an instant WMD... I guess they will just have to declare space as American property and threaten any other nations/companys who might want to mine asteroids too.

Re: Interesting article thread
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:49 am
by Josiah
MrTwosheds wrote:... 1 little push in the wrong direction and you've got an instant WMD...
hmmmmm.....
*looks into satellite engine command hacking....
Re: Interesting article thread
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 1:02 am
by Red Devil
We Americans rule, baby!
MrTwosheds wrote:Did occur to me that the asteroid mining plan might be a bit problematic, seems they want to put them orbit to do the mining, 1 little push in the wrong direction and you've got an instant WMD... I guess they will just have to declare space as American property and threaten any other nations/companys who might want to mine asteroids too.

Re: Interesting article thread
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 1:29 am
by Psychedelic Rhino