Comment on Solar drone with jumbo jet wingspan broke a flight record—then it crashed
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 weeks ago
I really hate journalists for how they treat new things like this. “And then it crashed”. What to get a click? Sour public opinion?
Orvilles first flight only went a few feet. If they had a modern day article now about it they’d say it flopped and the comments would be full of laughing emojis
ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
I feel like a healthy dose of skepticism is important lest we end up with only puff pieces. In fact, the Wright Brothers were dismissed for years: bigthink.com/the-past/wright-brothers-ignored/