Thursday, August 28, 2008 :::
 

Un post qui fleure bon Warhammer 40,000 et Civilization Call To Power


Seven years ago in the Pentagon cafeteria, two sci-fi-loving Marines shared a vision: to build a Space Shuttle-like "spaceplane" that could "instantaneously deliver Marine squads anywhere on Earth." The two Marines, Roosevelt Lafontant and Franz Gayl, and their mildly crazy idea were the subjects of my Popular Science cover story from last year. "The whole idea still rings of science fiction, and the question is whether its proponents can corral the various technologies together to make the project possible," I wrote.

But now the so-called Small Unit Space Transport and Insertion, or Sustain, has taken a step towards reality.
The SUSTAIN capability is a potential revolutionary step in getting combat power to any point in the world in a timeframe unachievable today.

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Labels: Guerre, La guerre interstellaire y'a que ca de vrai, Les marines volent haut c'est qu'il va faire beau, Tomorrow is today, Y'a rien de plus cool que l'espace

::: posted by Tranxenne at 8:32 PM

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