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Researchers have taught a drone to recognize and hunt down meteorites autonomously
Phys.org ^ | 7/09/2021 | Nancy Atkinson

Posted on 07/09/2021 9:24:48 AM PDT by LibWhacker

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That old masters degree in art history not paying off? Remember kiddies, a one pound meteorite can be worth a million dollars or more!
1 posted on 07/09/2021 9:24:48 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

As a bonus, you could smite your enemies with your space loot. Two birds for one stone.


2 posted on 07/09/2021 9:28:27 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: LibWhacker

That’s excellent. Now we just have to get meteorites to wear orange flags when they fall.


3 posted on 07/09/2021 9:29:50 AM PDT by DannyTN
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Nothing stopping these ‘interceptors’ to re-aim a meteor so it hits a target on the planet earth.


4 posted on 07/09/2021 9:30:34 AM PDT by George from New England
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To: LibWhacker

Swell, just one little misunderstanding, and the drones will mistakenly Go after Mennonites


5 posted on 07/09/2021 9:31:08 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: LibWhacker

I found one once, it said ‘made in china’


6 posted on 07/09/2021 9:32:11 AM PDT by Bob434
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the drones will mistakenly Go after Mennonites

Well, in my experience, we programmers aren't good spellers, so maybe he got it wrong in the code...
7 posted on 07/09/2021 9:33:31 AM PDT by Karma_Sherab
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To: Bob434

Or old Mercury cars.....................


8 posted on 07/09/2021 9:35:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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9 posted on 07/09/2021 9:35:35 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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In 2028 the astronomers realized that with multiple meteor hunting teams trying to retrieve the same meteorite their drones would have to be able to fight their competitors.

Then in 2032 one large meteor set off the drone wars.


10 posted on 07/09/2021 9:37:15 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Police should refuse duty at NBA venues. Let them wallow in their desired chaos without police.)
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To: LibWhacker

You need to detect the meteorite. You need to get close to it. Then you need to teach the drone to find the hottest thing it can see. The second one is by far the hardest.


11 posted on 07/09/2021 9:38:14 AM PDT by poinq
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To: Bob434

Me too. When I was a kid, I found one along the railroad tracks. It was beautiful: bright purple, rectangular in shape, with deep black striations. I knew it had to be from outer space, so I took it to the town’s chief rock hound, who even had his own rock hound business, to help me identify it.

“Meh,” he said, “They’re nothing. They’re everywhere.”

C’mon, man! Who’s he think he’s kidding. I was eleven. I’d been everywhere and they weren’t there. Clearly, he was trying to cheat me.

I don’t know what happened to it over the ensuing 50 years, but it disappeared somehow. I figure the Neptunians came one day and took it back, in the middle of the night. Never seen one like it before or since.


12 posted on 07/09/2021 9:51:08 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: DannyTN

I laughed at that also.


13 posted on 07/09/2021 9:57:44 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Polls are no longer designed to measure public sentiment but to influence it.)
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To: LibWhacker

I’d be going back to the tracks to see if there are anymore of them, could be life changing If it was one.

I did some prospecting for ‘Herkimer Diamonds’ once (not real diamonds, they are a type of clear quartz, worth a little bit of money), and paid to go into a site to dig. Didn’t find squat. I was heading back home when I noticed the banking along the road leading down to a river was li Ed with the same type rocks that I was just searching in the pit area. I stopped just out of curiosity, and broke open a bunch of the rocks (the crystals form in small pockets inside the rocks), and found quite a stash of the ‘diamonds’. Still, got some, but gave most away, they aren’t worth a whole lot rea.ly, just cool to have if a person likes to collect rocks and minerals of various kinds.


14 posted on 07/09/2021 10:02:45 AM PDT by Bob434
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Lol, Mennonites everywhere are quaking ... sorry, bad joke


15 posted on 07/09/2021 10:04:44 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: LibWhacker

The 500 meteorites fall and survive each year is wrong. Must have meant to say 500 meteorites are seen falling and survive each year.

Approximately 100 tons a day fall to earth.


16 posted on 07/09/2021 10:07:55 AM PDT by free_life (If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will. )
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To: DannyTN

The meteorites will start wearing signs:

“Catch me if you can, yo!”


17 posted on 07/09/2021 10:11:00 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: LibWhacker

They really are seeking kryptonite to stop Trump.


18 posted on 07/09/2021 11:42:04 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Trump is the last legally elected U.S. President.)
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To: free_life

I noticed that, too.


19 posted on 07/09/2021 4:23:24 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: KarlInOhio
"Russia, Russia, Russia"

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20 posted on 07/09/2021 4:53:30 PM PDT by Bikkuri (If you're conservative, you're an "extremist." If you're liberal, you're an "activist.")
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