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Re:Electric Planes Usher in the Second Great Age of Aviation by elektromekatron on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @12:26PM (#9962711)
Perhaps an orbiting network of solar powered satellites that can each manage large numbers of directed power beams. Though maybe that would be a non starter due to the large number of non-civilian applications.
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Re:Electric Planes Usher in the Second Great Age of Aviation by stcredzero on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @01:11PM (#9963017)
Satellites? I doubt it. Too expensive. Long-duration high altitude aircraft, maybe?
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