NASA Unveils New Plane Designs

[X-PASTER]

NASA has revealed what the future of air travel could look like.

The US space agency has released pictures of three different designs of aircrafts that could potentially be seen flying in 2025.

These concepts for the next generation of planes have been developed by three teams who were offered contracts by NASA late last year.

The teams - Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and The Boeing Company – have been asked to further investigate their designs and test them during the course of 2011.

Commenting on the three projects and what sort of plane it was hoping to launch in the future, NASA said on its website: "Each design looks very different, but all final designs have to meet NASA's goals for less noise, cleaner exhaust and lower fuel consumption. Each aircraft has to be able to do all of those things at the same time, which requires a complex dance of trade-offs between all of the new advanced technologies that will be on these vehicles."

NASA added: "Each design has to fly up to 85 percent of the speed of sound; cover a range of approximately 7,000 miles; and carry between 50,000 and 100,000 pounds of payload, either passengers or cargo."

Here is a first look at what planes of the future could look like:

Image credit: NASA/Lockheed Martin

Image credit: NASA/Northrop Grumman

Image credit: NASA/The Boeing Company

 

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[X-PASTER]

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[drphone]

hii teknolojia inatisha sasa du mambo makubwa yani najiuliza hivi hawa wagunduzi wangekuwa nchi kama tanzania kwa ufisadi na uchakachuaji uliopo wangeweza kweli kuvumbua haya mambo makubwa hivi

 

[X-PASTER]

hii teknolojia inatisha sasa du mambo makubwa yani najiuliza hivi hawa wagunduzi wangekuwa nchi kama tanzania kwa ufisadi na uchakachuaji uliopo wangeweza kweli kuvumbua haya mambo makubwa hivi

Nchi ya Tanzania, wavumbuzi wapo, ila wengi wao ndio wanatekwa na hizo nchi zilizo endelea...!

Nchi zetu zina matatizo mengi ya kimsingi bado hatuna uwezo wa kuyatatua, sasa serikali ikijikita kwenye hayo mambo wananchi wa kawaida hawata elewa, wataona kuwa serikali yao inawatupa mkono na haiwajali, kwani haya mavumbuzi huwa yanachukuwa muda mrefu sana mpaka kupata kitu bora na manufaa kwa watu...! Sisi tunataka result za papo kwa papo na si za kusubiri miaka kumi mbele.

 

[bwanafundi]

wataalamu wa tanzania hawapo wenye uwezo huu na kama wangekuwepo ndio wangetufanyia mambo makubwa ya kimaendeleo.serikali zote zenye wagunduzi zilikuja ondokea kuwajali wataamu wao baada ya kuona kazi zao,na hapo ndipo hupanga mafungu ya fedha kusaidia wataalamu hao.tena wakati fulani wataalamu katika maeneo fulani fulani ya dunia hiihii wametokea kuuwawa !! sababu ni wananchi (serikali) kwa kutowaelewa wafanyacho ama kiwe kitu au maneno fulani magumu.ombi langu:- [1] iwapo kuna wataalamu wenye maono hapa tanzania watumie tu muda wao na fedha zao kugundua vitu kwa faida ya watu wote [2] nawaomba wasomi msiwadharau watu ambao hawajajaliwa kusoma ili wakijitokeza wasiosoma wakawa na maono msianze kuwahoji elimu zao na mu baki mkiwasaidia kwenye ugunduzi wao huo kwenye maeneo yanayohitaji elimu zenu nyie wasomi muwe pamoja nao.hili tatizo la dharau ya wasomi linakwamisha maendeleo na angalieni sana kuhusu dharau,mimi haya nisemayo nimeyaona.

 

[bwanafundi]

Babu wa loliondo kwa juhudi zake kagundua dawa yake watu wanapona,jambo la kushangaza watu wasomi wanamtaka atoe siri ya dawa na wanahangaika ovyo ili wajue siri yake ili wamnyang'anye haki miliki yake ya kugundua dawa,wao walichotakiwa kumfanyia ni kile tu ambacho yeye atahitaji na hicho ndicho atafutiwe haraka ikiwa ni pamoja na kutafuta eneo zuri la kupanda kwa wingi hiyo miti anayotumia katika tiba na pia wagonjwa wanaotibiwa asaidiwe waorodheshwe vizuri ili asilimia ya wanaopona ijulikane.ngozi nyeusi tutabaki nyuma milele!watu wasomi mnachukua dawa ya babu mnaondoka nayo hadi kwenye maabara zenu zilizotoka ulaya na nyinyi wataalamu wenyewe si chochote wengi wenu pamoja mmesoma lakini hata mpangilio wa vyakula vyenu hamjausomea mnanenepeana hadi vichwa na ubongo unakuwa na mafuta na ndio maana vinyago na ngoma za utamaduni na mikeka ya watu ambao hawakusomea ina soko zuri ulaya.nyie wasomi hata sindano ya mkono inayomeremeta vizuri hamwezi kuitengeneza hata mkusanyike wote nyie weusi (waarabu na wahindi msiwe pamoja nao) mwacheni babu atoe kikombe na mtu asipopona ni sawa tu na mtu akipona ni sawa.nimewaeleza haya nyie wasomi weusi,dawa hii niliyowapa ni chungu sana lakini kwa kuwa mnayo homa itakayowaua lazima muinywe tu.jazba acheni tafakarini sana sana.

 

[Good Guy]

Hey i thought space exploration was grounded due to its high level of pollution(space junk which poses high unknown risks) and to it's high cost? Or is'nt t?

 

[Utingo]

mbona kama designs za hollywood