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Rolls Royce Said To Be Developing Drone Cargo Ships

Posted February 27, 2014 9:04 AM

From Crave: gorgeous gadgets and other crushworthy stuff. - CNET:

Rolls-Royce is said to be working on autonomous freighters, according to Bloomberg.

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02/27/2014 11:50 PM

How long until Somalia is said to be developing drone pirate ships?

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02/28/2014 8:59 AM

A Phalanx would take care of that problem quickly,and after the results are shown,very few further attempts at piracy would be made.

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03/03/2014 8:59 AM

I just re-watched "The Right Stuff" this weekend and this reminds me of the scene where the astronauts first see their 'spacekraft'.

Astronaut: 'Where's the window? What if the automatic controls go out? How do we fly it?'

German engineer: 'Back ups would kick in, redundant systems, zezz vould not happen'

Astronaut: 'I'm saying what would happen if it did? The pilot would have to fly it home'
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