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To: LindyBill who wrote (254983)	6/20/2008 6:19:49 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 793843

An excellent name: <two dozen additional MQ-1 Predator* UAVs* > When Globalstar's really up and running, they'll be able to fly them via Globalstar [low latency at low altitude]. Right now they can do tracking using Globalstar but because there are too many holes, it's not good enough for real-time control and management. Another two years and it will be. It seems silly to have pilots in aircraft. They are very heavy and also very fragile. Not to mention very slow-witted. Auto-pilot should do most of the job, with remote human pilots where needed. Observation aircraft could be very very light, and very small, powered mostly with photovoltaics, flying very slowly. Weapon toting MQs need to be bigger and heavier to cart around a load of explosive, though explosives seem so last century. You'd think there could be "Can't we all just get along" neutrino waves in laser formation rather than barbarously blowing people and things up. Mqurice

To: LindyBill who wrote (254983)	6/20/2008 6:20:17 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 793843

An excellent name: <two dozen additional MQ-1 Predator* UAVs* > When Globalstar's really up and running, they'll be able to fly them via Globalstar [low latency at low altitude]. Right now they can do tracking using Globalstar but because there are too many holes, it's not good enough for real-time control and management. Another two years and it will be. It seems silly to have pilots in aircraft. They are very heavy and also very fragile. Not to mention very slow-witted. Auto-pilot should do most of the job, with remote human pilots where needed. Observation aircraft could be very very light, and very small, powered mostly with photovoltaics, flying very slowly. Weapon toting MQs need to be bigger and heavier to cart around a load of explosive, though explosives seem so last century. You'd think there could be "Can't we all just get along" neutrino waves in laser formation rather than barbarously blowing people and things up. Mqurice