From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Sat Jun 09 2001 - 21:57:00 MDT
Mike Lorrey wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Ah, not quite. Global Hawk has a far greater altitude capability than voyager had, is a low observables aircraft, and is
> not just robotic, but has some creative decision making capability in its on board computers, since it maintains no active
> link that could be interfered with by hostile powers.
No, GH _is_ six-year-old news. That's how long it's been flying. By "not quite" I assume you mean "not entirely". But
"outperformed" (which I put in quotes) in this case was referring to total unrefueled operation time and range, to name
two. They did. No big deal.
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