Unmanned: Drone Racing and Tech

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English - March 27, 2020 19:00 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 12.9K ratings
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Is it an Esport? Is it a “real” sport? Or is it a bit of both? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice investigate drone racing and technology with world champion Paul “Nurk” Nurkkala and drone engineer Justin Pearce of Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Boeing Company.

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