it s launched by hand, it s completely solar powered and in theory, it may be able to stay up here for months. i was last at zephyr s base in farnborough in the uk in 2018, when it had just stayed aloft for very nearly 26 days. since then, it s done 64. so, this is how it works. during the day, the sun hits the solar panels, which charge the batteries and power the propellers, and the plane climbs to 75,000 feet. when the sun goes down, the batteries completely take over. the propellers do slow down and the plane does lose altitude. the trick, though, is to make sure you re still above 60,000 feet by the time the sun comes up the next morning and the process can start again. so, will the entire wing be covered with solar cells, every single square centimetre, as much as you can in solar? actually, the solar array that we use now typically is so efficient that we don t tend to need to do complete coverage. really? yeah, we can actually recharge the batteries most normal da
by flaunting his business value. that the scene as he makes his way to the court. we will take you back there live if there developments. we begin in the us, wherejoe biden has said the us will continue to provide support for ukraine after further military funding was excluded from a last minute congressional budget deal. the temporary measure was pushed through to avert a government shutdown, but it doesn t include $6 billion in military aid for kyiv which is a top priority for the white house. let s get the latest on this with our north america business they pushed it to the wire, an 11th hour deal but a deal nonetheless. well, look, it is a deal of sorts, and in the sense we are talking about workers being put, government worker, federal workers being put on furlough or having their pay delayed. instead this deal pushes the condition down the road for another couple of weeks, they have passed a stopgap resolution that funds the government through to november 17th. at which