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

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

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  2. 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. ;)

  3. 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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