FLYING HIGH
NASA is banking on a breakthrough with new lithium-polymer batteries for its solar-powered Pathfinder Plus to stay aloft throughout the night--and fly month-long science missions. The batteries would be charged during the day at 65,000 ft. by new, more efficient ``Sunpower'' solar cells. They would...
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