http://www.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/dreamliner-batteries-and-tesla-batteries http://www.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/dreamliner-batteries... implies that Te

http://www.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/dreamliner-batteries-and-tesla-batteries http://www.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/dreamliner-batteries... implies that Tesla battery packs do a better job of containing thermal runaway than many other battery pack designs; it may be that simply replacing the Dreamliner's current batteries with a design very similar to what Tesla uses in their cars would address the Dreamliner problems. Elon has been trading jabs in the press with United Launch Alliance (Boeing + Lockheed Martin) over US military satellite launch, with Elon claiming he can provide better pricing because SpaceX has more advanced technology; perhaps there are multiple places Elon has more advanced technology than Boeing. The other possibility is that Boeing may revert to using a non-lithium ion battery technology. I haven't found any description of how much work they'd need to do to make that happen.