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Students Set Altitude Record With Unmanned Model Plane

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) perform a wide variety of important tasks for NASA and the U.S. military. The drones are deployed during times of conflict to track and annihilate enemy combatants, but they can also be used to monitor weather, agriculture, pollution, traffic, and fires. The only drawback to the awesome little guys is that they can be exorbitantly expensive, sometimes costing ...