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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. Re:fp? by mr_gerbik · · Score: 0, Troll

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  2. Thanks for the basic science lesson you fucktard. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thanks for the basic science lesson you fucktard.

  3. Re:Mandatory NASA Joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    hmmm...well...nobody will see my comment down there so let's post it again as a reply to the highest moderated comment! And still the moderators won't touch it...damn! Too bad the other comment didn't self-destruct in 10 seconds like it promised.

  4. Re:The Arrogance of Man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Can we all say FLAME BAIT ????


    Please guys you really think someone as pious as this would be hanging out on Slashdot :)


  5. Why not "UNIX"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Everybody seems to like that word even though it sucks. Yes it does, you all know it. Geeks.

  6. Re:Useless imperial measurements. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Well, how about talking your government to launch such an experiment and then publishing the results in a manner more pleasant to you.

    How about getting out your calculator and spending a whole 5 seconds converting the values. And while you're at it, spend a moment feeling greatful you get to see the results of these experiments at all. So look at it like it is, a gift.

    I'm guessing you're Canadian. I can only guess since like most US bashers, you aren't proud enough of your homeland to say what it is. French and Canadian US bashing tends to be focused on use of the standard measures vs metric though.

  7. And this is even more stupid. by Colin+Smith · · Score: 1, Troll

    So now you're thinking of packing up a *240* foot aircraft and taking it to Mars in order to explore Mars rather than taking a big empty plastic bag and a bottle of compressed Helium?

    Any way you look at it, Helios is a stupid project, wasting time and money trying to push conventional technologies to absurd degrees.

    Classic NASA though.

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  8. Useless imperial measurements. by HillBilly · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thats all well and good. But these measurements mean nothing to me since they are in imperial. Most of the world uses metric, most science projects use metric. Why not this?

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    "Go into the hall of mirrors and have a bloody hard look at yourself" - HG Nelson
  9. They didn't actually break the record... by reverius · · Score: 0, Troll

    They only thought they broke a record.

    They just now realized that they miscalculated, due to an error converting between metric and fscked-up units. :)