lukso was a true believer in the technology. then he began testing. >> two 3.3 amp hour series battery pack bullet test. >> lukso went beyond even the latest industry guidelines -going so far as to fire bullets into batteries to see if they could be made safe for military applications. >> yeah. you could run the test that you feel that you need to meet the requirements to be safe, but you also need to have a conscience that's going to tell you i want to do the extreme." >> in the end, testing with a conscience, lukso couldn't make the batteries meet the requirements. his new company failed. >> ...we became proficient in destroying batteries. and, and the more we learned about it the worst it got. i mean oh my god we kept digging and digging. we were saying i wonder what the rest of the guys are doing. well i guess we knew. >> by rest of the guys he means boeing. and they were testing to a weaker standard... one written by the faa specifically for the dreamliner. >> it's the faa's job to regulate air safety. but when it comes to