[erksa]

> Manta Ray vehicle being towed in preparation for testing

Find it funny that they have to tow the prototype for some reason. Good to know DARPA also releases half-done prototypes.

Lighthearted fun this morning, and not to be taken serious.

[its_ethan]

I know it's pointless pedantry and there's no reason to argue it, but aren't prototypes inherently "half-done"? If something was "fully done" it wouldn't really be a prototype anymore, but more of a gen 1.

[luma]

Large ships regularly leverage tugs to get in and out of harbor, this isn't even a little unusual.

[erksa]

Neither is having a prototype being assisted by external forces when demoing. :D

All in good fun and all of this is way outside of my area. It's been exciting to see, just thought it was funny that the first images are the thing being towed.

[knowaveragejoe]

Every prototype of anything large like this would be towed around, why would this be different?