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record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Assertion Supported
Zipline's autonomous Rwanda drone delivery operations are illegal in the US
“What we're doing in Rwanda is illegal in the US, unfortunately.”
Assertion Supported
Rinaudo: Zipline delivers 20% of Rwanda's blood supply outside Kigali
“At this point, Zipline is delivering around 20% of the national blood supply of Rwanda outside of Kigali.”
Assertion Supported
Fixed-wing drones yield 20x range and 400x coverage versus quadcopters
“Building a fixed wing vehicle allows us to have about 20 times more range than a quadcopter, so instead of going five kilometers, we go a 150 kilometers, and when you have 20 times more range, that, that means you serve 400 times the service area.”
Assertion Supported
Zipline delivers blood to half of Rwanda's transfusing facilities
“We deliver blood to about half of the transfusing facilities in Rwanda.”
Assertion Supported
UPS VP John Mena: Zipline's Rwanda operation generates commercial revenue
“For Keller, it's a real revenue producing operation. They're making, you know, some money on this.”
Assertion Supported
Rinaudo: Zipline drones carry a 1.5 kg payload
“So we carry about one and a half kilograms today.”
Assertion Supported
Rinaudo: Zipline drones can drop deliveries into two parking spaces
“So we can drop into about two parking spaces. So any driveway, as long as like a house had a driveway, we could deliver to that house.”
Assertion Supported
Rinaudo: Zipline operates within a 30 by 80 foot space
“You only need Something like 30 feet by 80 feet for both launch and landing.”
Assertion Supported
Zipline's Rwanda center covers multiple refugee camps
“There are three or four refugee camps within range of the first distribution center we've set up.”