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2010-01-21 Science & Technology

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-01-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Oh right, I want people like terrorists flying all over in these.... NOT.

Posted by 3dc 2010-01-21 00:44|| 2010-01-21 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Yokay, I'll bite, WAS THERE A SEXY SLINKY KLINGON BABE operating it, trying to reach ex-loverboy LT. WORFF ON the USS ENTERPRISE [ST:TNG]???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-01-21 00:48|| 2010-01-21 00:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Of course, the Puffin is so far just a cool digital rendering...

With any luck at all, it will remain as such. NASA, another gov't agency that desperately needs looking into.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-21 02:05|| 2010-01-21 02:05|| Front Page Top

#4 When I see one flying without a tether I might get interested. Note: Unless that thing has really great rearview mirrors it is a prime candidate for a collision from the top/rear by an overtaking AC.

Posted by tipover 2010-01-21 03:03|| 2010-01-21 03:03|| Front Page Top

#5 I want one!

Posted by Aussie Mike 2010-01-21 04:38|| 2010-01-21 04:38|| Front Page Top

#6 I want a unicorn piloting a Sky Car, but that ain't gonna happen either.

Posted by Parabellum 2010-01-21 08:45|| http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/ 2010-01-21 08:45|| Front Page Top

#7 I think this is less, but a little more, than it appears. First of all, its only obvious purpose would be military, moving one individual in, or out, of very harsh terrain area quickly.

Oddly enough, I think the design is half-based on an individual submersible. Since it is limited by battery power, and lying in a prone position, to about 50 miles, likely one way.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-01-21 08:54|| 2010-01-21 08:54|| Front Page Top

#8 This is the major reason I love Science Fiction
Fact Follows Fiction, like Day follows Night.

If you want to see a single person Osprey Flying around, rent the movie "The Incredibles" An Animated straight Science Fiction Film, the Bad guy uses them to patrol his island.

Their flight characteristics are detailed showing flight, hovering, braking and landing.

PS the movie's been out a few years now

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-01-21 14:43|| 2010-01-21 14:43|| Front Page Top

#9 It's a fun film, indeed. For a while after it came out a friend of ours, O-5 who looks just like Mr. Incredible, got mobbed by young kids wherever he went.

Posted by lotp 2010-01-21 15:49|| 2010-01-21 15:49|| Front Page Top

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