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Spinoff story

Drone Company Makes It Rain Forests

A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.

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Overview

At Ames Research Center, Lauren Fletcher learned about building hardware around plant and animal biology. Later, he applied those lessons to create seedball-launching drones that are helping to reforest the planet, including at his latest company, Flying Forests of Reno, Nevada.