Mars Inspires New US Spy Plane

The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently started a program called Rapid Eye to develop a rocket-delivered unmanned spy plane. This plane would be used to fly high over natural disaster sites or other "hot spots." 

According to the Director of DARPA, Tony Tether, the "got this idea from NASA." NASA for years has wanted to fold an airplane inside a rocket and send it on a mission to Mars. 

I am sure that other international countries are ecstatic about the fact that the US is in the process of developing yet another spy plane that can be used for purposes other than monitoring natural disasters. 

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