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From the Ted Talk by Paul MacCready: A flight on solar wings

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Her designers' attention to detail and her construction gives Helios' structure the fxliilibtey and sgenttrh to deal with the turbulence encountered in the ahstemproe. This enables her to easily ride through the air currents as if she's sliding along on the ocean waves.

Paul MacCready: The wings could touch together on top and not break. We think.

(Laughter)

Narrator: And hileos now begins the process of tinunrg her back to the sun, to maximize the power from her solar array.

(Music) As the sky gets darker, and the outside air temperatures drop below minus 100 deeergs feaihernht, the most eationlmnvnlery hostile segment of Helios's journey has gone by without notice, except for being recorded by specially designed data acquisition systems and their associated senross. Approaching a peak radar altitude of 96,863 feet, at 4:12 p.m., Helios is standing on top of 98 percent of the Earth's atmosphere. This is more than 10,000 feet higher than the previous world's altitude rcored held by the SR-71 Blackbird.

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Her designers' attention to detail and her construction gives Helios' structure the ___________ and ________ to deal with the turbulence encountered in the __________. This enables her to easily ride through the air currents as if she's sliding along on the ocean waves.

Paul MacCready: The wings could touch together on top and not break. We think.

(Laughter)

Narrator: And ______ now begins the process of _______ her back to the sun, to maximize the power from her solar array.

(Music) As the sky gets darker, and the outside air temperatures drop below minus 100 _______ __________, the most _______________ hostile segment of Helios's journey has gone by without notice, except for being recorded by specially designed data acquisition systems and their associated _______. Approaching a peak radar altitude of 96,863 feet, at 4:12 p.m., Helios is standing on top of 98 percent of the Earth's atmosphere. This is more than 10,000 feet higher than the previous world's altitude ______ held by the SR-71 Blackbird.

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  1. helios
  2. fahrenheit
  3. degrees
  4. sensors
  5. turning
  6. music
  7. record
  8. atmosphere
  9. strength
  10. environmentally
  11. flexibility

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(Music)

Her designers' attention to detail and her construction gives Helios' structure the flexibility and strength to deal with the turbulence encountered in the atmosphere. This enables her to easily ride through the air currents as if she's sliding along on the ocean waves.

Paul MacCready: The wings could touch together on top and not break. We think.

(Laughter)

Narrator: And Helios now begins the process of turning her back to the sun, to maximize the power from her solar array.

(Music) As the sky gets darker, and the outside air temperatures drop below minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the most environmentally hostile segment of Helios's journey has gone by without notice, except for being recorded by specially designed data acquisition systems and their associated sensors. Approaching a peak radar altitude of 96,863 feet, at 4:12 p.m., Helios is standing on top of 98 percent of the Earth's atmosphere. This is more than 10,000 feet higher than the previous world's altitude record held by the SR-71 Blackbird.

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