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Remote Operated Aircraft Targets Hurricanes

Posted by timothy on from the auction-off-the-live-view-rights dept.

burnin1965 writes "Usually news articles about remote operated UAVs involve blowing people up. NASA's application takes a different path and uses the utility of the aircraft for scientific research that will benefit humanity. I haven't read much about NASA's Global Hawk lately, but they have been busy providing up-close access to the recent string of hurricanes."

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  1. Re:How? by hex0D · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Exactly how many individuals does something have to benefit before you consider it beneficial to humanity?

  2. Re:How? by sjames · · Score: 2, Insightful

    By that logic, the fire department should just shut down. The lives and property they save are just a drop in the bucket.