I came up with idea of a solar airplane flying around the world with no fuel - that would be a beautiful message in terms of technology, the energy of the future and the environment.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Among all the marvels of modern invention, that with which I am most concerned is, of course, air transportation. Flying is perhaps the most dramatic of recent scientific attainment. In the brief span of thirty-odd years, the world has seen an inventor's dream first materialized by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk become an everyday actuality.
If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one.
I think the future for solar energy is bright.
Solar will outcompete other technologies.
I have wanted to fly into space for many years, but never imagined it would really be feasible.
I've put a lot of my life into making it possible to fly in space at all.
I could sell used battery acid and make it fly.
One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.
Spaceflight, especially in the Mercury spacecraft, clearly wasn't going to be much like flying an airplane.
It's my view that solar energy may be the ultimate solution for energy for most of the world. I believe, based on what little I know about it, that there is a possibility of a breakthrough.
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