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What's the real limit for solar powered aircraft?

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@carolyne all the starting big projects cost high but as we start improving they start being cheap,,, just you need to start and keep working on,, if its about hydrofuel it can work as a backup for the solar energy like if there are clouds we can use hydro fuel if there in shiny sky we can use solar energy,,, and for the safer & green planet we need to work on all the possiblities,,

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11 Jun 2012

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6:26 am

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