Pro@programming.dev to Technology@programming.devEnglish · 6 months agoQuantum alternative to GPS navigation will be tested on US military spaceplanetheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up125cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up125external-linkQuantum alternative to GPS navigation will be tested on US military spaceplanetheconversation.comPro@programming.dev to Technology@programming.devEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square11linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-26 months agoI was thinking something like this… https://www.geekwire.com/2022/radian-aerospace-comes-out-of-stealth-and-raises-27-5m-for-orbital-space-plane-development/ It’s just silly to cancel the shuttle program, then contract with aerospace companies to build… something that is pretty much a copy of the space shuttle.
minus-squarePup Biru@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoi guess it would be except that this is nothing like the shuttle except in some aerodynamic and aesthetic sense it’s as much like the shuttle as a dreamliner is like a 777
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoAs much like the Shuttle as a 707 is like a 777. Completely different tasks. Spy tech has gotten a lot smaller since the Shuttle launching its Keyhole satellites.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoCanceling the money-pit boondoggle the shuttle was a smart move. https://lemmy.cafe/comment/13003753
I was thinking something like this…
https://www.geekwire.com/2022/radian-aerospace-comes-out-of-stealth-and-raises-27-5m-for-orbital-space-plane-development/
It’s just silly to cancel the shuttle program, then contract with aerospace companies to build… something that is pretty much a copy of the space shuttle.
i guess it would be except that this is nothing like the shuttle except in some aerodynamic and aesthetic sense
it’s as much like the shuttle as a dreamliner is like a 777
As much like the Shuttle as a 707 is like a 777.
Completely different tasks. Spy tech has gotten a lot smaller since the Shuttle launching its Keyhole satellites.
Canceling the money-pit boondoggle the shuttle was a smart move.
https://lemmy.cafe/comment/13003753