Comment: The next test (Score 1) 132
When they test robots using guns, will they care about collision detection as much?
Comment: Possible Strike? (Score 1) 342
Will having to do their jobs be yet another reason for the pilots' union to strike? They have enough to worry about flying the plane safely. Dealing with their on-line profiles or playing computer games is not a responsible thing to do while in the plane cockpit.
Comment: Well, the French will be pissed (Score 1) 355
since their favorite execution tool, the guillotine, will be rendered useless.
Comment: Re:careful what you wish for (Score 1) 298
Just be sure not to trim the iMane or change the color of your iPony, or Apple thugs will drive up and iBrick the poor thing to death, which will leave you with a large supply of iGlue...
US To Shoot Down Dying Satellite 429
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from the we-who-may-be-about-to-reenter-orbit-salute-you dept.
from the we-who-may-be-about-to-reenter-orbit-salute-you dept.
A user writes "US officials say that the Pentagon is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite expected to hit the Earth in early March. We discussed the device's decaying orbit late last month. The Associated Press has learned that the option preferred by the Bush administration will be to fire a missile from a U.S. Navy cruiser, and shoot down the satellite before it enters Earth's atmosphere. 'A key concern ... was the debris created by Chinese satellite's destruction -- and that will also be a focus now, as the U.S. determines exactly when and under what circumstances to shoot down its errant satellite. The military will have to choose a time and a location that will avoid to the greatest degree any damage to other satellites in the sky. Also, there is the possibility that large pieces could remain, and either stay in orbit where they can collide with other satellites or possibly fall to Earth.'"