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more about #solarimpulse more comments → Navin R Johnson: Going on 10 years and just getting off the ground. Two questions: Who's funding this? (and when you find them ask them) Can I have some money too? more » thatsmrpotatohead2U: I can't begin to imagine the kind of power-to-weight ratios they must be calculating with this thing...it's also amazing that the oldest technology on... more » craig_16: Wow, I didn't know planes could fly that slow... more » Jesus_Jones: so he's going to be up there for 25ish days? assuming that he's going around the narrowest path around the earth which is pole to pole. more » frigg: So he's flying a plane that isn't even going 50 MPH?! Is he one of those old people who stays in the left lane at maddeningly slow speeds? more » hindsight2020: yeah what's the symbiotic suit gonna do when he has to doodoo? wipe his ass? more » Baldyman1966: I predict this symbiotic suit will need to be constantly tugged down when he stands up. more » -
#plane
Solar Impulse Plane Flies For First Time in Switzerland
The Solar Impulse plane was flown for the first time in Switzerland yesterday, and leading the solar-powered project was Captain Bertrand Piccard, part of the first team to fly the world in a balloon in 1999. More » -
#airplanes
100% Solar-Powered Airplane Ready To Go Around the World
Solar Impulse—the 100% solar-powered airplane that will go around the world—is complete and ready to circumnavigate the globe. And for the first time ever, its pilot—actually, the real Piccard—will use a symbiotic suit. More »
