I've been a fan of the project for a long time. I am disappointed development is taking so long and do not understand why the going is so slow.
The concept is a fleet of unmanned high altitude solar powered blimps able to stay on station for months at a time.
The radio technology is a no brainier. Blimp design while novel does not represent any ground breaking technology. As others have said at the proposed altitude the sun is bright, winds aloft are modest, and it is above commercial flight lanes.
12 miles up and a footprint the size of Texas? HA!
All this would do is waste frequencies. Imagine if you could only use a cellular frequency once within the whole state of Texas, instead of re-using it scores or hundreds of times within a single metropolitan area. Putting an antenna this high will only waste frequency allocation. Think about it--whatever frequency this outfit might get would be much more valuable used over and over again from conventional towers.
Maybe this is their exit strategy. Get a frequency for this, then sell the company to someone whose only desire is to ground the blimp and use the frequency efficiently.
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