Comments on: Maiden flight for Bertrand Piccard's Solar Impulse aircraft http://blog.ted.com/2010/04/07/maiden_flight_f/ The TED Blog shares interesting news about TED, TEDTalks video, the TED Prize and more. Sat, 18 May 2013 19:52:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Aman Deep Singh http://blog.ted.com/2010/04/07/maiden_flight_f/comment-page-1/#comment-14148 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:11:06 +0000 http://blog-staging.ted.com/2010/04/maiden_flight_f/#comment-14148 It is really a milestone changing the course of future. Altough, i honestly expected it to come out from NASA .

]]> By: Lee Duke http://blog.ted.com/2010/04/07/maiden_flight_f/comment-page-1/#comment-3122 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog-staging.ted.com/2010/04/maiden_flight_f/#comment-3122 As a retired NASA aerospace engineer, I’m glad to see that someone has carried forward and advanced the research we worked on at Edwards and in Hawai’i. A piloted, solar-powered vehicle is an impressive feat.

]]> By: Nadina Cardillo http://blog.ted.com/2010/04/07/maiden_flight_f/comment-page-1/#comment-3123 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog-staging.ted.com/2010/04/maiden_flight_f/#comment-3123 Yes! I’m 15 now and it really inspires me to see people like Piccard doing this kind of things because it makes me believe I can do them too.

I can’t wait for the flight around the world to start :)

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