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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. Good for them, how does it help us? by Martigan80 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is good, but I think more energy should be focused on our four wheeled transportation buckets! Why not imporve the cars BUT also make them cost effective?

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    This SIG pulled due to lack of funding. (This damn war is costing too much!)
  2. Offtopic dribble by Rebulator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Has anyone else noticed that Hemos and michael have been the only moderators to post things in almost 40 hours? They're either the only ones that actually work or have been shafted with the Sat/Sun shifts =P

    Reb

  3. fp? by mr_gerbik · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    wowooo!

  4. In other news... by benrd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The Flying Nun's last known position was somewhere in the Orion Nebula after a freak sudden hurricane.