Space Marines - Science, Not XBox

Posted By Blackfive

...and, no, it's not HALO 3 (link is the HALO 3 Starry Night trailer...even my wife thought it was cool).

Popular Science has an article that's been all over the blogosphere, and I've gotten quite a few emails asking to post it about Marines using sub-orbital transport to reach any point on the planet in a few hours.  [I'm still not a fan of the Osprey, let alone launching the Few into the stratosphere...]

Update:  It's been brought to my attention that David Axe of Defense Tech wrote the piece and there's more commentary at DT.

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Space Marines - Science, Not XBox

...and, no, it's not HALO 3 (link is the HALO 3 Starry Night trailer...even my wife thought it was cool).

Popular Science has an article that's been all over the blogosphere, and I've gotten quite a few emails asking to post it about Marines using sub-orbital transport to reach any point on the planet in a few hours.  [I'm still not a fan of the Osprey, let alone launching the Few into the stratosphere...]

Update:  It's been brought to my attention that David Axe of Defense Tech wrote the piece and there's more commentary at DT.

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