Ones that got away - July 17, 2009
"We completely understand the public's concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population, but that is not our mission."
Harry Schoell, CEO of Cyclone Engine, responds[pdf] to a Fox News article (original removed) that suggested a DARPA-sponsored biomass-digesting robot could feed on dead bodies.
"We should have had a historian running around saying 'I don't care if you are ever going to use them - we are going to keep them"
As digitally remastered but still-fuzzy video of the Moon landings is released, Richard Nafzger, a NASA engineer, says that the original tape recordings were not merely lost - they were erased (Reuters).
“Normally, you do a recommendation and then nothing happens for months. This is quite unusual.”
Thorsten Markus, a member of a National Academy of Sciences committee that yesterday recommended spy satellite high-resolution images of Arctic sea ice be released to the public, is pleased that the US Geological Service did just that a few hours later. (Wired).
