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Droning On

Posted by michael on from the drone-drone-drone-your-boat-gently-out-to-sea dept.

MagnetarJones writes "Another washingtonpost.com article reports that Federal regulators have begun considering rules that would allow drones, the pilotless planes being used in the war in Afghanistan, to fly in U.S. airspace. Supporters envision the use of drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles, for such tasks as moving cargo, pinpointing traffic problems, patrolling the border, searching for fugitives or fighting forest fires..."

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  1. Re:These drones are way too expensive by zrodney · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    Are you always so arrogant? Must feel good.

    Thank goodness for danheskett.
    I guess we can all shut up and go home now.

    Did you know that more than 1/2 of the multimillion dollar drones have simply crashed or flown out of range?

    hmm?? did you?

    that doesn't sound very good for business to have
    a 50% delivery rate.

    A guy with a truck is a lot more reliable and cheaper.

    This doesn't even look at the cost of one of those drones falling out of the sky on a shopping mall
    or something like that. I don't think a drone delivery service would be able to be insured at a price that would make it possible to compete.

    But you have it all figured out. Good for you.