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Remote Operated Aircraft Targets Hurricanes
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."
Freeze dried ice cream and the dust buster; how can you say that's not benefit enough?
Remote operated UAVs? As opposed to all the manned ones?
Not to mention ghost-riding the...uh...plane...?
You forgot to add that the 8 corners of the timecube are false.
Four! Four corners! What are you, educated stupid?
Exactly how many individuals does something have to benefit before you consider it beneficial to humanity?
By that logic, the fire department should just shut down. The lives and property they save are just a drop in the bucket.
Depends. The original UAVs, the Predator and Global Hawk UAVs were not originally carrying anything except surveillance gear. Now, both the Predator and it's big brother the Reaper [http://www.google.com/search?q=Reaper+UAV] carry Hellfire missiles in day-to-day operations. I don't believe the Global Hawk does this though (although they are *great* for long range/loiter operations compared to the Predator/Reaper).