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The Global Hawk is an unmanned aerial vehicle or UAV with several years plying the skies of hand of the U.S. Air Force for military purposes. However, NASA launched a mission called Global Hawk Pacific (Glopac), which used one of these toys to travel 8300 miles on a scientific mission.
Thus, the Global Hawk has recently completed its first flight in NASA's hands, as part of a total of five planned flights, flying both the Pacific and the Arctic.
The Global Hawk has had to be modified to meet his new role as a scientist, but retains its ability to fly up to 18,200 meters in height and autonomy of 20,300 kilometers, which has led him to be one of the most efficient UAV.
The objective of our beloved UAV is to collect atmospheric data faster than any other method used above, in order to make more complex studies on the evolution of atmospheric phenomena, as well as assess the effect of greenhouse gases in remote areas to the centers research and sampling.
During your next vacation is expected to obtain new information about the disintegration of the polar vortex, especially the state of the ozone layer in the north of the planet.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the new program has a number of detractors, who are suspicious of the remodeling of the Global Hawk for civilian purposes, although the official site can view information regarding the current missions and equipment of the Global Hawk.
Link: NASA?s Global Hawk completes first scheduled science flight: http://eideard.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/nasas-global-hawk-completes-first-scheduled-science-flight/
