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07-23-2009, 11:04 AM
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I guess it was defeated for more funding. I think everything in the US will be about social programs for poor and elderly now. It will be hard to get money for space and defense until the baby boomer surge of elderly runs its course.
This writing has been on the wall a long time. Add to the baby boom elderly the current world economic down turn and you got no money for high tech anything.
The real shame is not so much the near term but the lack of consumer product advances that occur after space and military invents all this new stuff. That pipeline will run dry now and I think it eventually leads to us becoming an also ran country in the future instead of the world leader we have been for so long.
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07-23-2009, 11:27 AM
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07-23-2009, 12:48 PM
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Geezer Gone Wild
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No doubt there's something being done at the Skunkworks that'll make the Raptor look like a bi-plane... 
I'd put money on a drone that will do things that a human pilot couldn't physically endure if he was in it. |
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07-23-2009, 01:23 PM
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Old Guy
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UAV's
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07-23-2009, 01:42 PM
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Something like the "hunter/killer" aircraft from the Terminator movies?
Sounds like they're heading towards removing the "pilot" from "pilot-
error". (you know, try and make it a "clean" war, with limited casualties on OUR side.)
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07-23-2009, 02:21 PM
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And there is a time and place for UAVs and UCAVs but what happens when there is no pilot to make a visual identification, interpret the visual, and make the call? Who do you blame? The software engineer?
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07-23-2009, 02:57 PM
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Who would be blamed?
In our current political environment, it would be the guy that cleans up after the bigwigs finish patting themselves on the back and giving themselves raises for a "job" well done.
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07-23-2009, 03:06 PM
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Old Guy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnR
And there is a time and place for UAVs and UCAVs but what happens when there is no pilot to make a visual identification, interpret the visual, and make the call? Who do you blame? The software engineer?
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And what happens when they interpret it incorrectly human or not?
At the speeds these decisions are made its hard to see either being the correct action,
UAV's are hopefully cheaper and able to fly for longer periods without refuel, come in many sizes and types, it's hard to say exactly when the call is for a man on the 'pickle'
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