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NASA Funded 5 Experiments that Could Change How We Fly
The space agency wants to make aviation quiet, economical and environmentally friendly.
NASA's New X-Plane Is an Anyplane Prototype for the People
It's hoped the X-57 will form the basis for clean, quiet short-haul airliners.
NASA's New X-Plane Design Has 18 Engines, Pencils for Wings
But it boasts the lift-to-drag ratio of an albatross.
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