Gliding to the edge of space by steevc

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technology · @steevc · Sep 13 '18 (edited)

$3.29

Gliding to the edge of space

![Glider](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRa9DxWRiHp6HMNs1u3Kr7VczhR2xHB6u3JETp9u7QfRA/image.png)
Screenshot from the project site. I couldn't find any creative commons images, but this ought to be acceptable use. it seems that sometimes Steemit does not use a Youtube video to create a thumbnail for a post. Am I doing something wrong?

Every so often you hear about people trying to do something incredibe. It may not be useful as such, but pushing technology and human endurance can have spin-off benefits (as space travel has). I recently read about the [Perlan Project](http://www.perlanproject.org/) to send a glider to incredible altitudes. To achieve this they use seasonal winds in Argentina that come off the mountains and can give them amazing lift. Of course the glider has to be able to take the forces put on it and the pilots have to be very skilled. They have got to 76,000 feet (23km) and are aiming for 90,000. That's spy plane territory, but they do it without an engine, just a tow plane to get in the air.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmBoqvv0u5k

Maybe the military will be interested in it, but it could be used for science too. It's a project by Airbus who are also working on high altitude autonomous vehicles using solar power to do some functions of satellites. Getting things into space is really expensive, but this should be much cheaper.

My only experience of gliding was a few years back when I had a lesson as a gift at Dunstable. That was pretty amazing. When they launch with a winch you go almost straight up and then it's almost silent. I've since been in a small plane in Australia and had a flying lesson in the UK. We take air travel for granted, but I still find it mind-blowing that we can do these things.

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@bozz · Sep 14 '18

$0.04

That looks like a really awesome project.  I have never been in a glider before, but I can only imagine how crazy the silence is.  Very cool that you were able to get a lesson!

👍 steevc

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@donnadavisart · Sep 14 '18

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Wow, this seems really cool. I've always wondered if they could have solar powered transport planes ever in our future. I would imagine the cost of flights could be greatly reduced.

👍 steevc

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@katharsisdrill · Sep 14 '18

$0.04

Just what I needed. Something that is not nationalist or politically correct bickering. Technology is still something I see as the solution to our problems - only thing we can't solve this way is our own negative feelings.

And so very beautiful footage.

👍 steevc

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@steevc · Sep 14 '18

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I'm often tempted to post something political, but do I want to get into arguments about it? I prefer to celebrate good stuff

👍 katharsisdrill

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@katharsisdrill · Sep 14 '18

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In the end one has to ask oneself what is achieved by random discussions on the internet. Like in the real world you haven't got time for any old nutter, but tend to discuss with people who are willing to offer some kind of meaningful exchange.

👍 steevc

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@rodneysreviews · Sep 14 '18

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"I still find it mind-blowing that we can do these things."

I went up in a radio weather reporting plane once, and it was such a small plane, I felt really sick really fast.

A friend of mine once rented a small plane to see a total eclipse of the sun, to get above our pesky clouds, and I contributed to go up with him and his passengers, and that was more fun, as though the plane was small, it was bigger than the radio broadcaster's plane.

My greatest fun flying was when I tried hang-gliding, many years ago now, and we had to run off the top of a hill. Because the hill incline was so gentle, you are never too far from the ground, though you fly a very long way, all the way to the bottom of the hill. That was amazing. :)

👍 steevc

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@sunsethunter · Sep 13 '18

$0.04

Oh cool that would be great! I would love to take a flight up to 90,000! That’s how high the sr71 used to fly in the 60s... that plane was so advanced! 

This is a great project, I hope that more begin to come out and get some funding from huge companies. The public space travel has all gone a bit quiet since virgin galactic..,

👍 steevc

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`promoted`	0.000 HBD
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`author_reputation`	296,937,621,547,433
`root_title`	"Gliding to the edge of space"
`beneficiaries`	`[]`
`max_accepted_payout`	1,000,000.000 HBD
`percent_hbd`	10,000
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`author_curate_reward`	""

properties (23)vote details (1)

voter	weight	wgt%	rshares	pct	time
steevc	0 B		33,559,207,549	13%