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Old 04-29-2013, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by barry12345 View Post
With no human as a passenger and enough altitutude it is possible currently. There is no way to carry the weight of oxygen in bottles to support a human and no heat would be a fatal issue.

At lower elevations where a human could survive far too risky as the plane would be ripped apart. Perhaps in the future canot be ruled out if there is a major breakthrough in solar cells. Airspeed may still remain a problem though for human flight.
That must be why we don't have a five hundred million dollar green air force one. Or was the developer/builder a republican and not willing to make any campaign donations before getting the 500 mil.
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