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Are Amazon’s Drone Plans Just a Fantasy?

Pie in the Sky

Jeff Bezos says an unmanned aircraft could be dropping books at your door in five years. But he glossed over the huge legal, technological, and ethical hurdles in his way.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s announcement that his company is exploring the option of delivery drones was an early Christmas present for members of the unmanned aircraft systems community—or UAS as they’re called among advocates.

“It’s really valuable to [us] that such a big player as Amazon is entering this arena,” said...

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