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NASA’s newest X-plane wants to save the planet

NASA’s newest X-plane wants to save the planet

a year ago
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https://www.vox.com/recode/2023/2/2/23582152/nasa-x-plane-boeing-air-force-sustainable-aircraft

The space agency has a plan to “skip a generation” of passenger aircraft design to fight climate change.

There’s a new NASA X-plane in town, and like its predecessors, it’s a little bit goofy-looking. Unlike most of the space agency’s experimental aircraft, however, the new X-plane isn’t built to break speed barriers, carry astronauts, or test the possibilities of unmanned air combat. This one is designed to fight climate change.