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Re: DARPA patent application

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Originally Posted by Elgin Clock
With a nice thud I'm sure, since it lacks the capability of grace and the ability to gain style points as humans do.
You mean, it's not a self-balancing crash dummy?!

This whole thread has me in stitches!

Last time I saw Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey, they DID launch a lady. EricH says it was from a catapult, not a cannon. But they preceded the lady's moment of stardom with a parade, music, elephants, and such-like hoopla, as only a circus can do. When they finally launched her, it was just a short POOF. "That's IT?" Not a big deal at all.

So I suppose a well-managed launcher could surprise the villains, after all (if that is its intended use).
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