
Moonshot #1 is a sailing craft that flies its pod a few feet above the surface, using foils to keep it grounded to the water, with kites providing the propulsion.
The pilots in the pod will have to control the kite and foil to avoid crashes at dangerous speeds. But the main hurdle the designers have faced is mastering the cavitation - the air bubbles that build up as the foils move faster - at speeds that no sailing vessel has ever reached.
America's Cup racing vessels have used foi...
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