• justaman123@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    “The D-21 was designed to carry a single high-resolution photographic camera over a preprogrammed path, then release the camera module into the air for retrieval, after which the drone would self-destruct.”

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      3 days ago

      It was literally the little spy satellite that couldn’t (make it to orbit).

      They’d … they’d either retrieve the photo canister from the ground, or, ideally…

      Catch it in the air, using basically the sky hook system, as seen in MGSV.

      Its… the ludicrousness of this system is really only slightly exaggerated in its MGSV portrayal.

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        3 days ago

        Yeah, I mean they were solving problems with the tools they had. I just love the idea of them tracking down the actual film