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NASA's Flying Wing Breaks 2 Records

Posted by Hemos on from the still-going-still-going dept.

ELBnet writes "CNN reports in this story that NASA's Helios flying wing broke the altitude records for both a propeller and jet aircraft with an altitude of 85,100 feet... and they were still climbing shooting for 100,000."

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  1. Port to Lego by Dr_Cheeks · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sooo, all I need to do now is figure out how to incorporate this research in my Lego Mindstorms robot, to help me get up to the ISS. Fantastic!

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  2. Re:Sure it doesn't scale much by mmol_6453 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ever try to get a hundred thousand people to subscribe to a service that doesn't exist yet? Soryy, but the .com boom is already past.

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    What's this Submit thingy do?
  3. NASA breaks one more record by Carbonate · · Score: 2, Funny

    For the ugliest thing I have ever seen. That thing reminds me of backyard inventer airplanes back in the 30's. Those were the days. Toss an engine on your back and glue some metal sheeting to your arms and you could barely yell the word crackpot before you hit the ground in a flaming ball of fire.

  4. Better name? by Hobart · · Score: 4, Funny


    Perhaps a better name for the project would be Icarus ?

    (On second thought, best not to jinx it ;)

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  5. Mandatory NASA Joke by JBowz15 · · Score: 4, Funny

    NASA breaking an altitude record?
    I suppose it's better than breaking a Mars probe.

  6. ZeroWing record also broken by oingoboingo · · Score: 2, Funny

    In addition to the exciting news that NASA had broken a flying wing record, Slashdot editors publically announced a new Zero Wing record, with the 1 millionth "All Your Bases Are Belong To Us" post being officially recorded today.