Google Perseveres After Titan UAV Crash

Credit: Solara 50: Titan Aerospace
Google is to continue with development of a solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft for Internet delivery, despite confirming the prototype crashed on its first flight in New Mexico on May 1. With a wingspan of 164 ft., but weighing only 350 lb., the Solara 50 UAV developed by Google company...

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