Today is not 2 April, but there was a piece last night on the Beeb which referred to electric powered commercial aircraft within the next few years. Is the energy density of batteries sufficient?
"This is pie in the sky by idiots. " or perhaps pie not in the sky Dave lad.
Sorry couldn`t resist that quip.
Yep as has been said I think more development on short hops/drone type technology might go somewhere yet. however major flying principles I think will remain largely as is at present for a very long time yet. I think the points mentioned ref launching technology has alot of potential merit though.
Given enough time (which we don`t really have climate-wise) things will eventually change quite a bit and new tech makes exciting possibilities.
Looking back to my teens there were things that to my parents and grandparents were nigh on impossible, pure fantasy. A lot is now fact. How I wish my paternal Grandad could watch me print a pic taken by my Daughter in Oz a few seconds ago and hang it on the wall. It would seem as fantastic as interstellar time travel itself.
What we might achieve is exciting , whether we save or destroy ourselves is terrifying
"This is pie in the sky by idiots. " or perhaps pie not in the sky Dave lad.
Sorry couldn`t resist that quip.
Yep as has been said I think more development on short hops/drone type technology might go somewhere yet. however major flying principles I think will remain largely as is at present for a very long time yet. I think the points mentioned ref launching technology has alot of potential merit though.
Given enough time (which we don`t really have climate-wise) things will eventually change quite a bit and new tech makes exciting possibilities.
Looking back to my teens there were things that to my parents and grandparents were nigh on impossible, pure fantasy. A lot is now fact. How I wish my paternal Grandad could watch me print a pic taken by my Daughter in Oz a few seconds ago and hang it on the wall. It would seem as fantastic as interstellar time travel itself.
What we might achieve is exciting , whether we save or destroy ourselves is terrifying
