Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Extra air miles...


Here's an interesting request: Make an aircraft that can stay in flight nonstop for five years. The 'Vulture' air vehicle project is intended to be a lower cost alternative to putting satellites in orbit. Using alternative fuels, the air vehicle will stay at about 65,000 feet beaming back useful information. Some of the plans include morphing designs to become more 'fuel efficient' at various times.


Read all about it via Technovelgy:
www.technovelgy.com

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