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Comment Re:Why not just turn it off instead? (Score 1) 294

by BEI01 (#61148992) Attached to: Senators Once Again Introduce Bill To Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent
Because, for me living in the Pacific Northwest... There is enough light in the evenings after the switch to PDT that i can get in a full round of golf after work beginning in mid March. On standard time, I wouldn't be able to fit in a full round after work until mid to late April. Same goes in the fall. There is enough light remaining after work that I can get a full round in right up until the time change. If we were on standard time all the time, Id have to stop late September / early October.
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Directed Energy Weapon Downs Ballistic Missile 297

Posted by kdawson from the sharks-as-witnesses dept.
A**masher writes "In a test off the Califoria coast late last night, Boeing's Airborne Laser successfully destroyed a sub-launched ballistic missile. 'This was the first directed energy lethal intercept demonstration against a liquid-fuel boosting ballistic missile target from an airborne platform,' reported the Missile Defense Agency. It should be noted that destroying a liquid-fueled ballistic missile is generally considered easier than killing a solid-fueled equivalent due to the relative fragility of the fueling and other systems."
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NASA Tests Flying Airbag 118

Posted by samzenpus from the drop-the-cloud-anchor dept.
coondoggie writes "NASA is looking to reduce the deadly impact of helicopter crashes on their pilots and passengers with what the agency calls a high-tech honeycomb airbag known as a deployable energy absorber. So in order to test out its technology NASA dropped a small helicopter from a height of 35 feet to see whether its deployable energy absorber, made up of an expandable honeycomb cushion, could handle the stress. The test crash hit the ground at about 54MPH at a 33 degree angle, what NASA called a relatively severe helicopter crash."

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