Mary Pearson, Darrell Rasco

December 2012 Aerospace

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Balloon Bomber

1917

Kettering Bug

1930

Radioplane OQ-2

1944

Fu-Go Balloons Operation Aphrodite V-1 Buzz Bomb

1955

RP-71 Falconer Firebee

Balloon Bomber
Patented February 24, 1863 Charles Perley Civil War Drop Bombs Difficult to aim

Kettering Aerial Torpedo

1917 Charles F. Kettering WWI Range 75 miles Onboard Computer Kettering Bug

Radioplane OQ-2
First mass-produced UAV Reginald Denny 1930s Radioplane Company Target for antiaircraft training

Fu-Go balloons
WWII Japanese Forest fires Little success

Operation Aphrodite
WWII B-17 Flying Fortress German V-2 launch sites Fail

V-1 Buzz Bomb

V-1 Vergeltungswaffe Eins (vengeance weapon one) WWII Civilians Devastating

RP-71 Falconer
First reconnaissance drone 1955 Northrop Aircraft Incorporated Crude video

Firebee
Ryan Aeronautical Company 1955 Target Flight options 1970 Recon. and communications monitoring

Mid-air launch and retrieval

RQ-2 Pioneer
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) 1981 Gulf War (1991) Recon, surveillance, targeting

Lighter

RQ-1 Predator
1994 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Abraham Karem Medium altitude

40 hours of flight
Designed for recon. Hellfire

RQ-4 Global Hawk

Northrop Grumman DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) 1995 High altitude (65,000 ft.)

32 hours of flight
High resolution

Non-Military
Hurricanes Search and Rescue Crop monitoring Fire spotting

Rovers
rover 1 |rvr|noun a vehicle for driving over rough terrain. a vehicle driven by remote control over extraterrestrial terrain.

Timeline
Sep 12, 1959 Luna 2 - Impact (Russian) Jan 31, 1966 Luna 9 - Lander (Russian) Nov 10, 1970 Luna 17 - Rover (Russian) Jan 8, 1973 - Luna 21 - Rover (Russian) December 1996 (July 1997) -Sojourner - Rover (American) July 7, 2003 (January 25, 2004) - Opportunity - Rover (American) June 10, 2003 (January 4, 2004) - Spirit - Rover (American) November 26, 2011 (August 6, 2012) - Curiosity - Rover (American)
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Lunar Rovers
Jan 31, 1966

Sep 12, 1959

Luna 2
Impact

Luna 9
Lander

Jan 8, 1973

Nov 10, 1970

Rover

Luna 21 Lunokhod 2
Rover

Luna 17/ Lunokhod 1

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Martian Rovers

December 1996 (July 1997)

Sojourner

July 7, 2003 (January 25, 2004)

Opportunity

November 26, 2011 (August 6, 2012)

Curiosity
June 10, 2003 (January 4, 2004)

Spirit

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Space Colonization

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Space Colonization: Terraforming

terraform |terfrm|verb [ with obj. ]transform (a planet) so as to resemble the earth, esp. so that it can support human life.

Space Colonization: Terraforming Step-by-Step

Increase Pressure and Temperature Carbon Dioxide Cycle Space Base Reflectors Create Anaerobic Biosphere

Citations
Maddox, B. (2010, July 15). History of Unmanned Lunar Rovers. Retrieved December 15, 2012, from Searching for Water on Mars : http://teams.kipr.org/2006/06-0002/research/historyofrovers.html

Williams, D. R. (2011, September 22). Lunar Exploration Timeline. Retrieved December 14, 2012, from NASA: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/lunartimeline.html
Darack, E. (2011, May 18). A Brief History of Unmanned Aircraft. AirSpaceMag. Retrieved from http://www.airspacemag.com/multimedia/A-BriefHistory-of-Unmanned-Aircraft.html Garamone, J. (2002). From U.S. Civil War to Afghanistan: A Short History of UAVs. American Forces Press Service. Retrieved from http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=44164 Teledyne-Ryan AQM-34Q combat dawn Firebee. (2011, February 15). Retrieved from National Museam of the US Air Force: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4044 Kettering Aerial Torpedo "Bug". (2007, March 21). Retrieved from National Museam of the US Air Force: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=320