Towing Electric Planes To Increase Range? I’m Not Convinced, But It’s Interesting
Magpie’s solution is one of what is now a toolkit of solutions for decarbonizing aviation.
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How to Have 100% Leak Free Aeronautics in 2023
By Jim Scott, Senior Engineer at Seco Seals
SpinLaunch Successfully Throws A 10-Meter Dart Toward Space
It’s not like we are doing any mining for exotic materials on the Moon or Mars, so I suspect that this interesting intellectual capital might sit on a shelf for a few decades.
Wall Street Journal: Elon Musk Can Move Markets
Over the years, Elon Musk has disrupted entrenched players in the aerospace, energy, and automotive industries. He’s also had a hand in trying to reduce “soul-crushing traffic” and building a healthy symbiosis with AI. In short, he thinks big. Musk also has had a profound impact on the finance sector. And we’re not … [continued]
Bosch Steps Into the Electric Air Taxi Industry To Help Cars Fly
With 1 billion flights predicted for air taxis by 2030, Bosch is getting into the electric vertical take-off & landing (eVTOL) business with a sensor box for autonomy.
19-Year-Old Aerospace Student Boyan Slat Invents Cleanup System For Plastic Choking Our Oceans
19-year-old Boyan Slat’s impassioned and educated opinion reminds us that youth, with its promising vital force, often taps into genius. If he is correct, Slat has designated some flair for environmental cleanup. He believes with his idea, developed for a student project in Aerospace Engineering, that it is possible the dreadful … [continued]
Wave Energy Looking for Breakthrough — Using Aerospace Design
The oceans seem like a great potential source for clean energy. The force of the waves, the constancy, the size of the oceans — it all seems like something that could produce energy for humans without much harm. (I still have some concerns, though it seems like one of the … [continued]
