#RAZOR: Flying to the edge of space using only solar power
Razor • 7m 44s
Most people try to protect our planet by recycling, but for Raphael Domjan that's not enough, the Swiss explorer plans to demonstrate the power of renewable energy by flying to the edge of our planet's atmosphere – powered only by the sun.
"I will be so high that I will need the spacesuit," explains Domjan. "It will be really cold, and the pressure very low ... so it's a huge technical challenge."
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