With full knowledge and approval of the USA government, as the declassified government documents prove

"Exclusive: CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran"
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/08/25/secret_cia_files_prove_america_helped_saddam_as_he_gassed_iran

I find it amazing that so many people treat assertions by the US government as a fact. How many times you need to be lied to grow up a little?

Developers! Developers! Developers!
Developers?

"NSA spies on it"

You are forgetting his biggest achievements:

- Invaded sovereign nation that did not threaten USA - the supreme war crime under Nurenberg statues. This war resulted in million+ excess deaths of Iraq populac, according to the Johns Hopkins Unuiversity study

- Established secret torture GULAG

- Declared habeas corpus void for "terorism" suspects

- Launched the total survelliance programs that Snowden now revealed

- Given away trillions of public money to corrupt and bankrupt Wall Street bankers

Thank you for this testament to the efficiency of the US education and media. Never mind the numerous examples of non-monetary, egalitarian societies and the actual history of money and debt.

And race and gender has absolutely nothing to do with whatever you call "economic status". Nothing at all. Perish the thought!

In imaginary libertarian paradise, where mythical beast called "free market", decides who does what for how much, your objection would have been valid.

> Well, if you could remove greed, lust, hate, and evil from human nature then this would work..

Actually, for the communism to work it is enough to remove the scarcity. That's why maintaining scarcity and inequality is a major preoccupation of the 1%

> they want to achieve status marked by having things

In communism things can be had by anyone for asking, so having things would not confer any status. What good is a mansion if you can't get servants to clean it, or less fortunate to envy it?

> however, that capitalism has one of the worst track records for resolving this: the shittiest jobs are
> often also the lowest paid, and who gets to do them is "decided" by race, gender, and economic status

Excellent point, - never thought of that myself, even though it's so obvious. Perhaps, because it is so obvious.

They want their "Biofeedback" fad back.

Though it could have been newsworthy, if they used Raspberry Pi in 3D-printed box to implement the control algorithms.

I watched the video of Blackbird starting up, and it looks like you are right, and I have been mistaken all along. It does indeed work as a propeller from the get-go

Go to proctologist and tell him to cure your craniorectal syndrome.

> No, the principles of Relativity (proper noun) ARE something specific to nuclear physics and other high energy endeavors.

Another ignorant person heard from. Go to wikipedia and search for "Galilean relativity principle"

There's an article by someone from MIT with analysis of such a craft, linked from wikipedia article about Blackbird. It will, in principle, work just as Blackbird does.