A collaboration between NASA and Boeing will be established in order to produce a new aircraft simulation that aims to bring the airline industry to the future. The two organizations aim to create a radically different airplane that passengers are not used to seeing.
According to them, the new model will have long, skinny wings from the top of the plane’s fuselage. They will also be more slender and lengthy than the regular ones that can be found in commercial aircraft.
This conceptual model, called the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator, will be created to find a more fuel-efficient and environment-friendly airplane. This initiative, according to Pamela Melroy, NASA’s deputy administrator was a major commitment to reducing carbon emissions in the air transportation industry.
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