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Comment by riazrizvi

8 years ago

It may not work on any planet. A fundamental design challenge is that increased size of solar panels create more drag, and increasing the height to reduce drag means it must go faster which further increases drag. While the Solar Impulse has demonstrated an equilibrium of speed-to-size can be maintained at normal altitude and low speed, we'll have to wait to see if something can be built to sustain equilibrium at these heights.