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NASA's Flying Wing Breaks 2 Records

Posted by Hemos on from the still-going-still-going dept.

ELBnet writes "CNN reports in this story that NASA's Helios flying wing broke the altitude records for both a propeller and jet aircraft with an altitude of 85,100 feet... and they were still climbing shooting for 100,000."

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  1. This thing can fly in such thin air by roguerez · · Score: 2, Redundant
    it should be able to fly in the Mars atmosphere.

    With a 74 meter wingspan, this comes not really as a surprise.. :)

  2. Read... then react by smasch · · Score: 0, Redundant

    When I first glanced at this article, I saw the words "NASA" and "breaks" and I immediately thought they screwed something up again.... Anyway, the idea that they can keep this thing up indefinitely (or until a component fails) on solar power is pretty amazing.