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Do you know why they haven't taken it further? The page talks about Zephyr drones as a follow-up, but I can't find much about them actually doing any further tests.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/06/26/facebook-abandons-plans-...

My understanding is that FB hired lots of smart people who were very good at building research prototypes but not as experienced in building low cost products. Eventually the company refocused on the "metaverse" and many of the personnel at the Connectivity Lab were transferred to Amazon Kuiper.

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