TITLE

GIZMO

PUB. DATE

July 2006

SOURCE

New Scientist;7/29/2006, Vol. 191 Issue 2562, p25

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

This article presents information on gadgets. An unmanned aircraft, the Polecat developed at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works research facility in Palmdale, California, is a 28-metre flying wing weighing 4 tonnes. NASresearchers are testing a prototype of the rig in the Canadian Arctic, called Drilling Automation for Mars Exploration.

ACCESSION #

21843598

Tags: IMPLEMENTS, utensils, etc.;  AERONAUTICS -- United States;  DRILLING & boring;  MACHINING;  INDUSTRIAL engineering

 

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