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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. UAVs are not normally used to 'blow people up' by bball99 · · Score: 0, Troll

    fucktard! they are used for surveillance, firefighting, search and rescue and humanitarian missions besides sending ragheads to Allah!

  2. How? by jmerlin · · Score: -1, Troll

    How exactly is watching hurricanes, which redistribute energy and bring water to the Americas, going to benefit humanity? With super HD footage for the Discovery channel? Saving a few lives when 100x as many die every year to massive overpopulation? Nah. It won't benefit humanity. It's cool though.