Comments on: ZEPHYR SOLAR PLANE FLIES FOR 54 HOURS STRAIGHT! http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/09/11/zephyr-solar-plane-flies-for-54-hours-straight/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:29:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Liebchenhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/09/11/zephyr-solar-plane-flies-for-54-hours-straight/comment-page-1/#comment-52751 Liebchen Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:25:59 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/09/11/transportation-tuesday-zephyr-the-solar-aircraft/#comment-52751 NASA has a solar powered, long-duration flight prototype that, thankfully, wasn't intended for military purposes. Helios project: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-068-DFRC.htmlHelios has since crashed (and perhaps discontinued). We can hope that this military technology will some day live a peacefully civilian life. NASA has a solar powered, long-duration flight prototype that, thankfully, wasn’t intended for military purposes. Helios project: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-068-DFRC.html

Helios has since crashed (and perhaps discontinued). We can hope that this military technology will some day live a peacefully civilian life.

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