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Very good documentary on the project. It's amazing what you can do with basically an unlimited budget. I worked at a much, much smaller kite power startup that
by UncleOxidant 5y ago
Very good documentary on the project. It's amazing what you can do with basically an unlimited budget. I worked at a much, much smaller kite power startup that folded soon after Google stopped funding Makani (investors lost interest because they figured if Google wasn't funding in this space it must not be viable). Anyway, looking at that documentary it seemed clear that Google must've poured hundreds of millions of dollars into that company over it's lifetime. So many engineers and so many resources. I was kind of envious, but then again the ready funding might have been part of Makani's downfall, you're forced to make different design decisions when money isn't so plentiful.
- msadowski 5y agoI think they were considered a moonshot project? That’s probably one way you can justify a massive funding.