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Credit & Copyright: NASA,
Lockheed Martin Co.
Explanation:
What will passenger airplanes be like in the future?
To help brainstorm desirable and workable attributes, NASA sponsors
design competitions.
Shown here is an artist's depiction of a concept plane
that was suggested in 2010.
This futuristic plane would be expected to achieve
supersonic speeds,
possibly surpassing the
speeds of the
supersonic transport planes that ran commercially in the late
twentieth century.
In terms of noise reduction, the future aircraft has been drawn featuring an
inverted
V wing stretched over its engines.
The structure is intended to
reduce
the sound
from annoying sonic booms.
Additionally,
future airplanes would aim to have relatively little
impact on our environment, including
green limits
on pollution and fuel consumption.
Aircraft utilizing similar design concepts
might well become operational by the 2030s.
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NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
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Publications with keywords: aircraft - sonic boom
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