Fuel efficiency, noise reduction and looking like they could hide Batman are obviously high on NASA’s priority list.
Qantas is having its woes today with its fleet of A380s, but perhaps it should be looking far forward in the way that NASA is. NASA’s seeking to find cleaner and greener ways to fly, and is working with the giants of the airplane industry to come up with new concepts; while many of these may never fly or indeed get beyond the concept rendering stage, they’re fascinating to look at in their own right.
Titsnass
Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 4:55 PMThey (aerospace) publish images like these every now and then. They look interesting but by and large they are just pie in the sky concepts that if they actually get acted on it, will be when we’re all too old to care!
GigZ333
Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 5:46 PMLOL, love the B2-spirit photos
nebarik
Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 5:53 PMand more proof nasa is doing nothing but waste time, instead of going to mars
Kevin
Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 9:46 PMThe jointed wing design concept was my aerodynamics thesis back in the day. There is quite a lot of potential in it with massively reduced drag, double the range and structural integrity. Nice to see someone taking another look.
Nat
Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 10:36 PMNo-one has produced a replacement for the Concorde yet.
We should be flying at Mach 3 by now.
Andy
Friday, February 10, 2012 at 7:02 AMWhere’s my hover car?!
Lemo
Friday, February 10, 2012 at 10:36 AMHell where’s my hover board??
Tris
Friday, February 10, 2012 at 12:30 PMNot until 2015!