DefenceTalkThe space glider Perlan 2 is helping Airbus take on Silicon Valley’s brightest innovators, even while pursuing technologies that might eventually lead to passenger flights in space. The project’s goal is to set an altitude record for the unpowered craft of 90,000 feet (27,400 meters) in the frigid temperatures at the edge of space (-70 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/with-perlan-2-glider-airbus-claim-mantle-of-space-pioneer-67425/