"Wile E. Coyote...Super Genius. I like the way that rolls off the tongue."

This blurb from Boeings internal web site had me laughing my ass off. Spin, baby, spin.
Sandstorm outperforms pack in DARPA Grand Challenge
While none of the autonomous ground vehicles completed the course in the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's Grand Challenge Saturday, Sandstorm, the Boeing co-sponsored entry in the race from Barstow, Calif., to Primm, Nev., traveled the farthest - 7.4 miles - in the shortest time. It was also the first to qualify for the race earlier in the week.
Boeing's Jim Guffey said Sandstorm got caught on a boulder. Its right front axle and front tires were damaged during its effort to free itself and could not continue. Most of the 15 vehicles made it less than a mile before stalling, overturning or running off course.
DARPA said it will repeat the event in 2006 and has raised the prize to $2 million for the winner. "We look forward to winning that prize," said Guffey.

Gives you some respect for the human minds capacity. Any knitwit could drive a hummer over the course...