A Robotic Polar Aircraft

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 A Robotic Polar Aircraft
Submitted Sunday, September 16, 2007 @ 10:10 PM
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-- Seeing beneath the vast Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets--and, in
particular, seeing whether any water sits between ice and ground--is
critical to understanding how fast ice might slide into the sea in the
future. But many areas are still uncharted territory. Now, engineers at
the University of Kansas, in Lawrence, are in the final stages of
constructing, from scratch, an unmanned aircraft that will carry
ground-penetrating radar and other sensors. See the complete story You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login.