Loon and Wing: the story of two moonshots

[@colinmccavitt1]

That’s the same speech I’ve had to tell all my clients when I ran out of money during an engineering effort.

[@ecampsg94]

does it work?

[@ahmedr.]

"you will fail to fail". very well said.

[@ringodingo]

Just like in that SOUTHERN CROSS song : ) (CS&N)

[@PeterHamiltonz]

It must be nice to work somewhere that doesn't mind learning from failure. Unfortunately most organisations DON'T work this way in my experience. With razor-thin margins in so many businesses, failure is often not appreciated.

[@onemorelevelup]

Peter Hamilton you are largely correct. However, in most large companies with a bit of a forward looking vision, there are innovation centers with the same principle. People tend to confuse operational failure with R & D failure. Companies tolerate the second but not the first although to varying degrees.

[@ae1ae2]

Many people will indeed just keep doing what they've been doing until they literally are forced to do something else. And then they'll still keep doing it. Look for a company willing to do things different. If not, you are or will become one of those people unwilling to try doing things differently.

[@BAdventures]

They are testing Project Wing in Australia. Saw a Wing drone deliver food.

[@nyoikekamande2888]

Can't wait to see how this turns out

[@antoniolcrd]

Awesome.

[@shakirhussain3887]

Loving what x does as a company and the culture they share. But it's not always easy for everyone to attempt after failing as many of us just have limited resources so winning is everything in the first go

[@ae1ae2]

It can always be at a smaller scale. And it might mean pulling extra hours to make it happen.

[@razorintube]

I thought these projects should have been completed by now, for 6 years ? really ? it seems there is nothing more left to be discovered by Google.

[@tyzxcj34]

Amazing keep going Google

[@ringodingo]

You stay classy, Google.

[@whatthefunction9140]

problem is google doesnt care about moonshot projects anymore.

[@nadeemshaikh7863]

This is exactly opposite of what this video is about

[@NikoxD93]

I like baloons

[@dorengarcia5097]

Whenever I hear standardized new age music on a propaganda video like this, I think Silicon Valley "make the world a better place" bullshit.