Re: Yawn, was Re: ROBOT: Global Hawk Outperforms Charles Lindbergh (by orders of magnitude)

From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Tue Apr 24 2001 - 23:32:51 MDT


Right, or John Henry versus the steam engine.
--J. R.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Atkins" <brian@posthuman.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: Yawn, was Re: ROBOT: Global Hawk Outperforms Charles Lindbergh
(by orders of magnitude)

> I think he was referring to the idea of man vs. machine pilot, or am I
> thinking crappily?
>
> "Michael M. Butler" wrote:
> >
> > Yes, it's absolutely true that Lindbergh was not jet-powered, nor was his
wingspan comparable to that of a 737.
> > Confusing the vehicle with the aviator is crappy thinking.
> >
> > FWIW, consider Yeager and Rutan in their circumnavigation aboard
Voyager--they "outperformed" Global Hawk several years
> > ago, _and_ they were privately funded. GH is six-year-old news.
> >
> > "J. R. Molloy" wrote:
> > >
> > > Robotic spy plane makes the Lindbergh stunt look human... merely
human. --J.
> > > R.
> > >
> > > About Global Hawk
> > > http://www.dsto.defence.gov.au/globalhawk/1_about.html
> > > Global Hawk is the world's most advanced high-altitude, long-endurance,
> > > unmanned aerial vehicle.
> > > Global Hawk is jet-powered and equivalent in wing size to a Boeing 737
> > > commercial airliner. It has a range of 14,000 nautical miles and can fly
at
> > > altitudes of up to 65,000 feet (19,812 metres) for more than 30 hours.
> > > Australia and the US are collaborating to evaluate and further develop
Global
> > > Hawk as an airborne surveillance system.
> > > http://www.dsto.defence.gov.au/globalhawk/home.html
> > > On 23 April 2001, Global Hawk flew non-stop from Edwards Air Force Base,
> > > California to Edinburgh Air Force Base, South Australia, where it will
be
> > > based for nearly two months undergoing a series of demonstration
flights.
> > >
> > > ----------------------------
> > >
> > > Stay hungry,
> > >
> > > --J. R.
> > >
> > > Useless hypotheses:
> > > consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will,
qualia,
> > > analog computing, cultural relativism
> > >
> > > Everything that can happen has already happened, not just once,
> > > but an infinite number of times, and will continue to do so
forever.
> > > (Everything that can happen = more than anyone can imagine.)
>
> --
> Brian Atkins
> Director, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
> http://www.singinst.org/
>



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