World’s Most Powerful Rocket Set For Testing In 2017
NASA is planning the most powerful rocket engine ever called the Space Launch System (SLS). It will be the largest and most powerful engine ever built and is targeted for testing in 2017. At a…
Aviation
Solar Powered Plane Begins Its Journey Across The USA
Following on from our previous reports, the Solar Impulse plane has taken off for its first cross US flight. The entirely solar powered plane, which uses no fuel, has been making several advancements in recent…
10,000 Drones In Congested US Airspace by 2018
Piloting unmanned flying vehicles or drones is an up and coming profession. Drones will not only include planes but helicopters and miniature UAVs. These aircraft will be outfitted with cameras, video, aerial surveillance technology, thermal…
Kepler 22B Is Habitable But Would Take 23 Million Years To Reach
This week noted scientist Stephen Hawking made a controversial remark stating that in order for humans to survive over the next millennium we must establish colonies in space. Two big hurdles stand in the way…
World’s First Manned Electric Powered Helicopter
The Achievement In 2011, Pascal Chretien, an electric and aerospace engineer from French based Solution F, achieved the first untethered electric powered helicopter flight in history. The achievement seems modest in that he hovered 1…
NetJets, Jet-Sharing When You Don’t Need A Plane All The Time (Video)
Fractional ownership, pioneered by Richard Santulli of NetJets, now owned by Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, has 6,300 employees globally, primarily in the US, Europe and China. NetJets allows part-owners to purchase as little as 1/16th…
Mars One Gets 80,000 Applications in Two Weeks, Can It Work?
There will be an attempt to reach Mars and colonize it over the next half century but “Mars One Project” (MOP) will not be leading the charge. MOP may create some buzz about a Mars…
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Problematic Battery System Raises More Questions
Following on from a fire on board a Boeing 787 dreamliner plane, the manufacturer is to undergo further federal investigation into the safety and stability of the aircraft. The issues are rooted in the model’s…
Will Alaska’s Cleveland Volcano Eruption Disrupt Air Travel?
Scientists are monitoring the remote Cleveland Volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain for further eruptions that could launch an ash cloud capable of wreaking havoc on intercontinental air travel. The volatile peak came to life…
Boenig 747 Falls From The Sky, Killing Seven (Video)
NATO reported today that a National Airlines Boeing 747-428 cargo plane crashed as it took off from US-run Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on its way to Dubai yesterday killing all seven on board. A dramatic…
