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It has the wingspan of a Boeing 747 but weighs less than a small car. And it is powered entirely by the sun.

Adventurer Bertrand Piccard yesterday unveiled the Solar Impulse which aims to make history as the prototype for a solar-powered flight around the world. picked by bingo 5 months ago
tags Bertrand Piccard plane wingspan solar powered
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 suebe
5 months ago
Wow. This is really cool. It's very different from this airplane, and it looks like they are more realistic about how to fly it.

Can't wait for it to take off!

Adventurer Piccard! Well named!
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 rambler
5 months ago
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Adventurer Piccard! Well named!
That's a good point..! I wonder of the person who decided on the name of the Enterprise captain Picard, had the other Piccards in mind..?
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 Skippii
5 months ago
"We'll avoid stormy situations," Borschberg said. "We'll avoid rain as well
Does this mean it will by flying at a very low altitude, below the clouds?
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 Skippii
5 months ago
« rambler : That's a good point..! I wonder of the person who decided on the name of the Enterprise captain Picard, had the other Piccards in mind..?
"Roddenberry named Picard for one or both of the twin brothers Auguste Piccard and Jean Felix Piccard, 20th century Swiss scientists"
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