Comments on: Solar-powered airplane "Solar Impulse" attempts transcontinental flight http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/solar-powered-airplane-attempt.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 22:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/solar-powered-airplane-attempt.html#comment-1433451 niktemadur Fri, 25 May 2012 09:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162896#comment-1433451 Bah humbug, I wanna see them cross the Atlantic Ocean using Gossamer Albatross technology! http://www2.dupont.com/Phoenix_Heritage/en_US/assets/images/details/1979_A_GossamerAlbatross_Detail_Horizontal_960x731.jpg Bah humbug, I wanna see them cross the Atlantic Ocean using Gossamer Albatross technology!

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]]> By: Mark Dow http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/solar-powered-airplane-attempt.html#comment-1433272 Mark Dow Fri, 25 May 2012 02:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162896#comment-1433272 Maybe more awestruck than knee-jerk. Not much to criticize or mock in great engineering feats. Maybe more awestruck than knee-jerk. Not much to criticize or mock in great engineering feats.

]]> By: BombBlastLightingWaltz http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/solar-powered-airplane-attempt.html#comment-1433264 BombBlastLightingWaltz Fri, 25 May 2012 02:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162896#comment-1433264 Truly an amazing attempted feat, never before done. History and who knows what else can come from this.   Also amazing, while this significant story is over looked, the preceeding story about some "MUD" captivates over 122 comments. True a knee-jerk society we become.   Truly an amazing attempted feat, never before done. History and who knows what else can come from this.  

Also amazing, while this significant story is over looked, the preceeding story about some “MUD” captivates over 122 comments. True a knee-jerk society we become.  

]]> By: Roy Trumbull http://boingboing.net/2012/05/24/solar-powered-airplane-attempt.html#comment-1433019 Roy Trumbull Thu, 24 May 2012 22:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162896#comment-1433019 Going back to when lighter than air craft were the new technology, I'd like to recommend "Slide Rule: Autobiography of an Engineer by Nevil Shute"; it's excellent. If you can imagine climbing the skin and making repairs in flight, this is for you. Going back to when lighter than air craft were the new technology, I’d like to recommend “Slide Rule: Autobiography of an Engineer by Nevil Shute”; it’s excellent. If you can imagine climbing the skin and making repairs in flight, this is for you.

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