Comment Re:acronym fail? (Score 2) 89

by UnglueD on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @04:11PM (#35812322) Attached to: DARPA's New Hi-Tech Telescope

Curved Charged Coupled Device? Wouldn't that be CCCD?

Too close to CCCP for DARP to use it.

Comment Re:Why a helicopter? (Score 2, Funny) 81

by UnglueD on Friday October 23, 2009 @04:26PM (#29851895) Attached to: NASA Power Beaming Challenge is On For November 2nd

They could have some kid, preferably named falcon, sit in the balloon to make sure it stays put.

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