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DARPA Fractionated Spacecraft Program Starts

Posted by Zonk on from the better-them-than-us dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Start buying Cold War nuclear shelters and piling up the canned food, because Boeing Advanced Systems has started System F6: 'DARPA's Future, Fast, Flexible, Fractionated, Free-Flying Spacecraft United by Information Exchange space technology program.' In other words: multiple, networked specialized spacecraft swarms that are intelligent enough to perform a single coordinated task together, like analyzing the crops or deciding to destroy humanity, Skynet-style. Actually, it could completely change satellites for the better, according to some experts."

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  1. Obligatory... by Karrde45 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I for one, welcome our new free-flying fractionated overlords. Especially if they turn out looking like Summer Glau...

    1. Re:Obligatory... by Erioll · · Score: 4, Funny

      Considering they're in the sky, and they're networked, are they really just TRYING to make it obvious that it's Skynet? I swear humanity could even be TOLD that it's going to become an AI and we'd STILL fund the damned thing. ;)

    2. Re:Obligatory... by palegray.net · · Score: 2, Funny

      You think this is bad? Just wait till the coming cataclysmic battle between F6 and the Seti@Home distributed computing grid. The horror will be unspeakable.

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    3. Re:Obligatory... by ElizabethGreene · · Score: 2, Funny

      I kind of miss the "whatcouldpossiblygowrong" tags..

  2. Ob Sesame Street by southpolesammy · · Score: 5, Funny

    This product is brought to you by the letter 'F'.

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  3. You gotta love press releases. by AndGodSed · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you ignore the "...Will probably change the face of sattelites for the better, if you ignore that they might decide to wipe out humanity at any given time..."

    Dude, gives a whole new meaning to "the threat of hacking"

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  4. Re:oblig cliches by mea37 · · Score: 3, Funny

    In soviet russia, snarky chiches post you, you insensitive clod!

  5. Fickle Fingers of Fate by omnilynx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fantastically fabricated, these fierce forebears of flowing fairy finesse fire forth fast fletchettes, forcing the faithful few to focus their fears: friend or foe? But fah, I forstall. In short, you may call them "F".

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  6. FFFFFFSUIE -- what an acronym by Critical+Facilities · · Score: 3, Funny

    DARPA's Future, Fast, Flexible, Fractionated, Free-Flying Spacecraft United by Information Exchange space technology program.