Looks like there's some people in the Bush Administration interested in the IASA RoboLander concept.
Either that, or G.W. is an IASA fan. Or maybe he just reads Air Safety Week.
And of course, Air Safety Week said it first again!
Might develop into his version of JFK's aim "to put man on the Moon by the end of the decade". (which means he'd have to follow through).
We shall see.
But it'd be a nice poke in the eye for terrorism if the WTC outrage were to promote yet another spurt in technology-based Western Prosperity - entirely based on a terrorism-inspired quest for another needed plateau in high tech safety and security.
Doncha just love the irony.
Extract from Pres G.W. Bush's Chicago O'Hare Speech on Airline Security (28 Sept 01).
"And third, we will set aside $500 million in new funding for aircraft security. Grants will go to airlines for enhanced cockpit protection. We look forward to working with the pilots and airlines to fortify doors and provide stronger locks so our pilots will always be in command of the airplanes.
We will invest in new technology for aircraft security, with grants to develop transponders that cannot be switched off from the cockpit; video monitors in the cockpit to alert pilots to trouble in the cabin.
And we will look at all kinds of technologies to make sure that our airlines are safe,
and for example including technology to enable controllers to take over distressed aircraft and land it by remote control.
With all these actions, we're returning airlines back to the American people. "
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/2001...ty_text_1.html
http://www.iasa-intl.com/security/te...ty_speech.html
http://www.iasa-intl.com/RoboLander.htm