Amazon PrimeAir FAA Approved

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St. Paul gave us the idea that there are several heavens, a layered set of spiritual levels increasingly sublime with altitude.  That’s why there’s a “seventh heaven” of love, tranquility and bliss.  Then there are earthly regulations to consider. The FAA’s approval meets with Amazon’s approval.  “We’re excited about Prime Air — a future delivery system from Amazon designed to safely get packages to customers in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles, also called drones. Prime Air has great potential to enhance the services we already provide to millions of customers by providing rapid parcel delivery that will also increase the overall safety and efficiency of the transportation system.” Such services will be limited to the range available with drones. One such unit, introduced by Jeff Wilke (Chief of Consumer Business) at Amazon’s  re:MARS Conference (Machine Learning, Automation, Robotics and Space) last year, seems large enough to pick up more than the five pounds listed in Amazon’s goals.  Wilke …