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Solar Impulse, Continuing World-Spanning Trip, Attempts To Cross The Pacific

Posted by timothy on from the can't-find-your-bags-at-all-sir dept.

The BBC reports that Solar Impulse has resumed its 'round-the-world attempt, having taken off today from Nagoya, Japan for what is intended to be a 120-hour voyage to Hawaii. [If pilot Andre Borschberg] succeeds, it will be the longest-duration solo flight in aviation history, as well as the furthest distance flown by a craft that is powered only by the Sun. The Pacific crossing is the eighth leg of Solar Impulse's journey around the world. But this stage has proven to be the most difficult, and has been hit by weeks of delays." The circumnavigation attempt began earlier this year.

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  1. Re:a bright future by BlackPignouf · · Score: 4, Informative

    it makes it very clear that it's entirely possible to replace our environmentally destructive planes with solar planes.

    Once again : Not, it's not possible.
    Here's a comment I posted 5 years ago : http://science.slashdot.org/co...
    The laws of thermodynamics haven't changed much since.