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Robotic Scout To Survey Arctic Ice

Posted by Zonk on from the here-robot-birdie dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "The Meridian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a single-engine research aircraft with fixed landing gear designed by engineers at the University of Kansas. According to Technology Review, it will be used to see what happens beneath the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. Two units are currently being built for a cost of about 3 million US dollars. The Meridian will fly for up to 13 hours over a distance of 1,750 kilometers. The first flight over Greenland is forecast for next summer, and a second flight will take place over the Antarctic later in 2008."

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  1. "is forecasted" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Wowf. Even the spell checker in Firefox complained about that.

    Shouldn't that be "is forecast" or "has been forecast for" or (at worse) "has been forecasted"?

  2. You Fai7 It by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    the Nchannel to sign moans and groalns