Don't get me wrong, the whole system is amazing. I mean, we're building walking robots.

Watching, kinda cool, don't see the big improvement over BigDog untill 1:10. Creepy...

In other news, NASA scientists are reportedly studying a new 'tsunami launch mechanism' to cheaply get large objects to orbit cheaply. More news at 7.

Commenting to promote, and I'm curious to see the answer to this...

and medium sized whales

Because every discussion benefits from an cartoon.

I like this one better, posted hear about a year (?) ago. Reminds me that we do actually live in the future.

mammalian version of this?

Bravo. Oh, and picture

Thanks for the good answer, informative. I was thinking about the solar powered plane at the time.

That is the best news of all time, ever.

The first reason's a good one, the second one could be dealt with. After all, solar powered planes fly at night

that's a really obvious idea that I can't see the problem with. Solar panels/focusers to heat air inside to greater than outside = lift. These things fly above cloud cover therefore sun supply isn't a problem. Some automated system to maintain amount of heating to maintain altitude and batteries supplied by solar…

Lunar X prize? It's only $30 million though

Caption competition!!

I have neither read Plato or played Call of Duty. It's one of the quotes upon entry to the Imperial War Museum in London and has always been a favorite.

50ish years ago China and the USA/UN fought to a stalemate in Korea, just saying.

Any excuse to post this.