On April 8, 2024, the world watched a full solar eclipse unfold across North America. A lucky few viewed the spectacle from within the path of totality, where the moon appeared to block the sun completely and perfectly for three minutes. Not to be outdone by spectacular feats of timing, BLADE coordinated the largest simultaneous movement of a group of aircraft ever to view a natural phenomenon while also serving rosé. From heights up to 45,000 feet, far above any cloud coverage or light pollution, 14 aircraft carrying 106 people entered observation zones from Buffalo, NY, to Chesuncook, ME, for a rare perspective on a once-in-a-generation event. Some considered it nearly impossible to complete the mission correctly at scale. But an embedded culture of planning, attention to detail, and multiple layers of redundancy made the experience as close to perfect as the totality itself.
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To travel at speed of light means to ride the wave of the universe expanding. Likely won’t be able to propel that fast. We might be able to capture plasma to displace gravity around the space craft and travel further at a speed of 220,000km per second. I imagine capturing gravity, turning it into the plasma…and then instantly taking this gas or liquid and burning the fuel simultaneously displacing large amounts of gravity and moving at high speed.
