tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26410466.post778108830646114272..comments2023-10-12T03:49:21.321-06:00Comments on Insomnia Notebook: War by remote controlPostinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05853607848670921106noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26410466.post-38989926811483149992014-11-30T21:47:19.370-07:002014-11-30T21:47:19.370-07:00Kirk, I assume it was a matter of will. I'll b...Kirk, I assume it was a matter of will. I'll bet they were working on the technology even during the early days of the race for space. Maybe they wouldn't devote the funds needed for it. They were pouring tremendous amounts of money into spy satellites and spy planes like the SR-71 Blackbird. There probably just came a time when the powers that be deemed it worth building such craft as drones and deploying them. More bang for the buck, as the old saying goes.Postinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853607848670921106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26410466.post-85817834355909335192014-11-30T14:49:06.218-07:002014-11-30T14:49:06.218-07:00I find it puzzling that they've been able to s...I find it puzzling that they've been able to send unmanned spacecraft to other planets since at least the 1970s, but only recently figured out how to make an unmanned airplane that can fly to another continent. Must me different technologies, but it still seems odd to me. But then, that they had trains but not automobiles in the Old West also seems odd to me.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.com