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How long does it stay in the air? Ten minutes? Forty minutes? Two hours? Whatever it is, I bet it isn't long enough to be useful.

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I bet it isn't long enough to be useful.

I don't think NASA is overly concerned with building things that are useful. They tend to spend tax dollars on ideas that might eventually work.

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Nothing wrong with that, in general, but the thing that needs done is battery research. With better batteries, building an electric plane is trivial.

Nah, this is political virtue signaling. People have it in their head that electric everything is better, although I think this façade is cracking a bit. I just saw an article from one of the auto rags (which are apparently all woke and lame now) about how dumb the electric Hummer is.

I guess they can study how to layout the batteries in an airplane carefully. Lord knows they weigh enough.

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Battery technology is shit why is everything going electric . lithium batteries last 2 years max, just look at how shitty your cell phone gets after 12 months

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They can last longer with careful charging, which is how electric cars last 10 years instead of 2. They never actually charge or discharge completely. You can do the same thing with your phone -- sacrificing the use of some capacity in favor of battery life. IDK if it works for 10 years, but it dramatically slows down the aging of the battery.

I agree with you, though. Making everything battery powered is dumb.

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Everything is going electric because the brain-dead liberals pretend it's "good for the Earth." It isn't. Electric transportation technology actually produces more pollution and is much less efficient than conventional technologies.

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Bro you can just get a new electric plane in 2 years when your plane plan expires. And don't worry about cash up front, we can roll your payments into your monthly bill for air space leasing in which to use your electric plane.