A solar-powered airplane finished crossing the United States on Saturday, landing in New York City after flying over the Statue of Liberty during its historic bid to circle the globe, the project team said. The spindly, single-seat experimental aircraft, dubbed Solar Impulse 2, arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport at about 4 a.m. local time after it took off about five hours beforehand at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania, the team reported on the airplane's website. Such a pleasure to land in New York! For the 14th time we celebrate sustainability," said the project's co-founder Andre Borschberg on Twitter after flying over the city and the Statue of Liberty during the 14th leg of the trip around the globe. The Swiss team flying the aircraft in a campaign to build support for clean energy technologies hopes eventually to complete its circumnavigation in Abu Dhabi, where the journey began in March 2015. The solar cr...
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"This is consistent with the risks and uncertainties involved in contributing to crowdfunding campaigns, which do not guarantee a return for the investment made in these types of campaigns," the firm said. An independent study into the crowdfunding site Kickstarter, carried out by the University of Pennsylvania, found that 9% of projects listed on the site "failed to deliver rewards".
The study also found that smaller projects - those seeking $1000 (£693) or less - were the most likely to fail, but that 73% of the investors who took part said they would not be put off investing in another project if one failed. "We want everyone to understand exactly how Kickstarter works — that it's not a store," Kickstarter said.
"Amid creativity and innovation there is risk and failure."
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