There was an article in Popular Science a number of years back about a new gun being developed for the military, with "programable" bullets, you could have them explode on impact, or after having burrowed for a number of seconds. It also split into two guns, a pistol and a lower powered rifle.
Does anyone know of a mass produced land/water capable vehicle past or present? I wonder if there would be a market large enough to justify an assembly line for these things.
Unless of course the make amphibious SUVs, the exhaust contributes to global warming, which raises the water level, which makes them useful.
This guy actually managed to get the scammer to send him money. He ended up donating it to charity, but none the less, that's pretty impressive. Worth a read if you've got nothing better to do.
The problem with putting machines in space is that machines cannot adapt to changing situations. While it would be much cheaper and easier to send robots into space, the amount accomplish/money spent ratio would be much smaller than that of a human mission.
If there had been a human along on all the crashed Mars missions, who knows, he could have steered clear of whatever it is they crashed into.
Well, IANAS, but it would seem to me that the level of radiation in the air there is no longer that high. So long as the tourists stick to the roads and don't have picnics in the grass, they shouldn't be exposed to any more radiation than you're average cross atlantic flight. I mean, the motorcycle girl seemed pretty ok afterward.
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There was an article in Popular Science a number of years back about a new gun being developed for the military, with "programable" bullets, you could have them explode on impact, or after having burrowed for a number of seconds. It also split into two guns, a pistol and a lower powered rifle.
Does anyone know of a mass produced land/water capable vehicle past or present? I wonder if there would be a market large enough to justify an assembly line for these things.
Unless of course the make amphibious SUVs, the exhaust contributes to global warming, which raises the water level, which makes them useful.
Where do I get one?
This guy actually managed to get the scammer to send him money. He ended up donating it to charity, but none the less, that's pretty impressive. Worth a read if you've got nothing better to do.
http://www.419eater.com/html/stev_ebe.htm
The problem with putting machines in space is that machines cannot adapt to changing situations. While it would be much cheaper and easier to send robots into space, the amount accomplish/money spent ratio would be much smaller than that of a human mission.
If there had been a human along on all the crashed Mars missions, who knows, he could have steered clear of whatever it is they crashed into.
Just my two bits worth.
This reminds me of that old python skit, with the rebel grannies and the vicious gangs of keep left signs.
Well, IANAS, but it would seem to me that the level of radiation in the air there is no longer that high. So long as the tourists stick to the roads and don't have picnics in the grass, they shouldn't be exposed to any more radiation than you're average cross atlantic flight. I mean, the motorcycle girl seemed pretty ok afterward.
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I got the set from Costco for 100 bucks. Well worth it. It sells for roughly 120-160 online from what i've seen.
There is also This Island Earth. Seemed really funny at about 3 in the morning.