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Liquid Hydrogen UAV

From the same company that brought you the Wasp MAV, Aerovironment announced yesterday that they have successfully completed the world's first liquid hydrogen powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight tests. From the press release: " AeroVironment's Global Observer High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) platform will be able to operate at 65,000 feet for over a week with a flexible payload-carrying capacity of up to 1,000 pounds." Applications include government and military surveillance operations, communication relays, and the potential for persistent real-time imagery of wildfires, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. More pictures here.

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  1. Re:Way cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This is slashdot. More like, will this give me an off-white stylish OSX widget that makes dashboard more reliable?
    Is this another one of thoses boxes steve jobs took a shit in? I just bought one last month!

  2. Re:Weapons of Mass Destruction? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What kind of ultimate ass-to-mouth-Google-zealot makes claims such as these?

    Seriously: get help.

  3. Re:Weapons of Mass Destruction? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Something like this might have helped the US avoid falsely accusing Iraq of housing WAMD...

    You don't remember Saddam using poison gas within his own borders? You don't remember what the U.N. inspectors found? You don't remember how many nations know about the WMDs? Perhaps you'll believe John Kerry's speeches about them, before he voted against the war after he voted for it?

  4. Re:saddam hussein gassed his own people by connect4 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Saddam killed his own People
    Just like General Pinochet
    And once upon a time both these evil men
    were supported by the USA


    Whisper it even Bin Laden
    Once drank from America's Cup
    Just like that election down in Florida
    This shit doesn't all add up


    Cause it's all about the price of oil
    It's all about the price of oil
    Don't give me no shit about blood, sweat, tears and toil
    It's all about the price of oil

  5. Re:What I'm wondering is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    the potholes in yellowstone park need fixin,the Bridges over the Ohio River need Paint.Time to stop this nonesense of junk science.
    Are we not unpopular enough on this Globe,for snooping and spying?Time to distant yourself from the Riff Raff in Washington,doing all they can to make YOU the ugly American.