Comments on: Mission Accomplished: Solar Plane Completes 26-Hour Test Flight http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/07/08/mission-accomplished-solar-plane-completes-26-hour-test-flight/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Tue, 22 May 2012 06:34:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mike http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/07/08/mission-accomplished-solar-plane-completes-26-hour-test-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-221828 mike Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:33:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=17166#comment-221828 Wrong, Gene. What it shows is how unrealistic this techno is-- 1 guy freezing his a** off falling in the dark slowly enough to avoid hiting the ground before the sun comes up... Oh yea, and the car thing? Even if the build every battery they can, and the gov't subsidizes each sale paying buyers $8700 ea to fall for the gimmick, you're talking about maybe 3% of this country's transpo needs, and that's without taking into account the rest of the world. Keep dreaming, friend. Wrong, Gene. What it shows is how unrealistic this techno is– 1 guy freezing his a** off falling in the dark slowly enough to avoid hiting the ground before the sun comes up… Oh yea, and the car thing? Even if the build every battery they can, and the gov’t subsidizes each sale paying buyers $8700 ea to fall for the gimmick, you’re talking about maybe 3% of this country’s transpo needs, and that’s without taking into account the rest of the world. Keep dreaming, friend.

]]> By: Gene @ Diy Solar http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/07/08/mission-accomplished-solar-plane-completes-26-hour-test-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-215825 Gene @ Diy Solar Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:00:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=17166#comment-215825 We are on the verge of making oil obsolete for transportation. Oil is already obsolete for ground vehicles. We have already proven that cars, trucks and trains can run on electricity alone. This solar powered plane is beginning to prove that we can also run planes on electricity. The only reason we are still using vast quantities of oil is because big oil has made enormous efforts to destroy the electric car industry. We are on the verge of making oil obsolete for transportation. Oil is already obsolete for ground vehicles. We have already proven that cars, trucks and trains can run on electricity alone. This solar powered plane is beginning to prove that we can also run planes on electricity. The only reason we are still using vast quantities of oil is because big oil has made enormous efforts to destroy the electric car industry.

]]> By: Andrew Moseman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/07/08/mission-accomplished-solar-plane-completes-26-hour-test-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-213401 Andrew Moseman Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:32:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=17166#comment-213401 Jens, Thanks for the note. I believe that on their own site, Solar Impulse now has posted some photos of the test flight. Jens,

Thanks for the note. I believe that on their own site, Solar Impulse now has posted some photos of the test flight.

]]> By: Jens http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/07/08/mission-accomplished-solar-plane-completes-26-hour-test-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-213378 Jens Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:45:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=17166#comment-213378 Impressive feat. A minor quibble: the picture with this post is not a picture of the plane used. The actual plane has four propellers on the wings. Impressive feat.

A minor quibble: the picture with this post is not a picture of the plane used. The actual plane has four propellers on the wings.

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