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12.02.09

Sighted: A Secret US Aircraft in Afghanistan

By Stuart Fox Posted 12.01.2009 at 1:58 pm 18 Comments

You're A Handsome Devil, What's Your Name? : via The DEW Line

Since April, a steady string of reports have detailed sightings of a mysterious, unidentified UAV prowling the skies above Kandahar. Grainy, Loch-Ness-Monster-like photos revealed a flying-wing-type aircraft with stealth features.

Now, the French blog Secret Defense has published the clearest photos yet of the secret plane, and the mystery has only deepened.

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NASA Robotic Rocket Plane To Survey Martian Surface

By Stuart Fox Posted 11.24.2009 at 1:29 pm 18 Comments

Since budget cuts and the inability to overcome problems like boredom and high radiation doses have ruled out any manned mission to Mars in the foreseeable future, NASA has shifted gears back towards a program of robotic exploration. To that end, NASA now wants a rocket-powered UAV to fly around the Red Planet, photographing the surface.

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