Fun new use for a helo...

[Gambit]

Check this out, it's kinda interesting. I would have liked it if they went into more detail about how the helo would do the job, but I guess it's really not that hard...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/09/0 ... index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/09/06/genesis.return.cnn/index.html)

[TheTokenGook]

seen this new type of ac?
Fanwing (http://www.fanwing.com/)

[Gambit]

hmm... not sold yet. but, nifty.

[TheTokenGook]

UPDATE:
it failed (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20040908/ts_nm/space_genesis_dc)

[Gambit]

Yeah, i was just about to post that... sucks.

[natedogg42]

lol, i couldnt help but laugh my ass off @ NASA....its been over a year since they last put someone into space (russian rockets are RUSSIAN rockets) and a bunch of non government peeps did it just a couple months ago....pathetic...NASA having XX billion dollars and all..