You can use 'circumvent' here, but the meaning is a little odd. That's more like heading from Mars to the Sun and finding a way around the Earth to continue to your destination. Usually, people use 'circumnavigate' instead, which is used to describe vehicles (boats, planes, bicycles, etc.) making their way all the way around Earth.
One possible payload would be a fast deploy cellular base station that can loiter over disaster areas to provide connectivity. Backhaul would be via satellite like Starlink or if you have multiple aircraft you can route between them to a place with working connectivity. They could also broadcast FM emergency update info.
Presumably they could also be rented for big commercial outdoor events, too. On a grander scale, maybe these might make a big network like the old Project Loon more feasible, though presumably the things would have to be able to fly high enough to escape most of the weather (and vandals and conspiracy theorists armed with rifles).
Yes. It is indeed based on the Solar Impulse 2, the first manned solar aircraft to circumnavigate the earth.
https://alert5.com/2025/07/30/converted-solar-impulse-2-airc...
You can use 'circumvent' here, but the meaning is a little odd. That's more like heading from Mars to the Sun and finding a way around the Earth to continue to your destination. Usually, people use 'circumnavigate' instead, which is used to describe vehicles (boats, planes, bicycles, etc.) making their way all the way around Earth.
It seems like it could, but that's not this model's mission: https://www.skydweller.aero/perpetual-flight/
One possible payload would be a fast deploy cellular base station that can loiter over disaster areas to provide connectivity. Backhaul would be via satellite like Starlink or if you have multiple aircraft you can route between them to a place with working connectivity. They could also broadcast FM emergency update info.
If you ever dig through Tarana's patents, what you'll come across is more or less what you're describing.
Presumably they could also be rented for big commercial outdoor events, too. On a grander scale, maybe these might make a big network like the old Project Loon more feasible, though presumably the things would have to be able to fly high enough to escape most of the weather (and vandals and conspiracy theorists armed with rifles).
Supposedly it can carry up to 800 pounds (https://www.skydweller.aero/), although not clear what was tested.
At first sight I read 'nuclear' instead of 'not clear' and I got scared. Then I though about it again and... sadly it could also be true.
Why? ICBMs can be launched and strike their targets within 15 minutes.
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