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Black Boxes for Spacecrafts

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the so-many-raunchy-jokes-to-choose-from dept.

karvind writes "NewScientist is running story about NASA's plan to put small, heat-resistant black boxes that will transmit data back to Earth when future space probes break up during re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere. NASA will work with Aerospace Corporation to develop black boxes called Reentry Breakup Recorders (REBRs) weighing just 1 kilogram and spanning less than 30 centimetres."

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  1. Slightly worrying for bees by mrRay720 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "These things are so light and easy to attach, we would like to have several on everything that flies"

    Try getting back in your hive now, bitch!