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Those Magnificent Googlers and Their Flying Machines

Posted by timothy on from the this-corner-of-the-sky dept.

theodp writes "To paraphrase Sean Parker: "Flying your fleet of planes using NASA-discounted fuel isn't cool, you know what's cool? Flying your fleet of planes using zero-cost fuel." Having piqued CEO Larry Page's interest with its solar and battery-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse is partnering with Google to promote its goal of circumnavigating the globe in 2015, a Green Movement take on Wiley Post's 1933 achievement."

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  1. No longer necessary by jabberw0k · · Score: 5, Funny

    Didn't I just read that circumnavigation was no longer considered a moral or medical necessity?

  2. No, it's Solar Impulse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Solar Impulse is doing all the work.

    Google is just using this for publicity for their products.Yahoo! or Facebook could just as easily been the "partner".

    So let's concentrate on the folks who are doing the real innovation here, shall we? Instead of getting sucked into the PR horseshit like the little lemmings we are.