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Iron Man Is Being Created Right Now Across America

If your second thought while watching Iron Man (after "I think I have a crush on Robert Downey Jr. again") was "Why can't they make an Iron Man suit in real life?" then the US army and scientists in Madison, Wisconsin, are planning on making you very, very happy indeed. More »

9:45 AM on Fri May 16 2008
By Graeme McMillan
6,134 views, 29 comments

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US Army Sargeant Volunteers Unit to be First Colonial Marines

Being a member of the US military in Afghanistan takes it's toll after a few years. So last week, Sergeant First Class William Ruth of the Army's 101st Airborne Division proposed an alternative mission for his soldiers: let them be the first humans to colonize another planet. In his letter (below) to an editor at LiveScience, Ruth says his unit's role as advanced scouts and reconnaissance soldiers makes them ideally suited to the rough, lonely life in the cold, barren wastes that await them on Mars, the Moon, or elsewhere. More »

9:40 AM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Michael Reilly
3,139 views, 50 comments

Latest by Nephus: Well, that's basically the point I logged in to make, but Brock beat me to it. No one is talking about sending armed soldiers, just people that are experienced with living in extreme conditions with none of the comforts we take more »