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So, this NASA project seems highly impractical for NASA's purposes. Why are they developing a pilotted recreational aircraft or puddle-jump tourism plane? This will never fly to Mars.  |
NASA is more than just a space agency, ain't it? 
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...it must be about technology development along the way, but then why build it as a small, pilotted passenger plane?
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Maybe they also don't hold some great expectation for remotely-pilotted or fully autonomous aicraft to become mainstream. Plus it seems like a reasonable test bed for an electric cropduster for example. Sure there are some strategic reasons for such development, but only time will tell...
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05-10-2020, 04:40 PM
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So, this NASA project seems highly impractical for NASA's purposes.
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Does competing with Chy-na count?
You see chemical rockets co-existing with Aurora/B-2 antigravity technology. Possibly politically distributed defense dollars?
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05-10-2020, 08:29 PM
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05-11-2020, 11:44 AM
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So, this NASA project seems highly impractical for NASA's purposes. Why are they developing a pilotted recreational aircraft or puddle-jump tourism plane? This will never fly to Mars. ... it must be about technology development along the way, but then why build it as a small, pilotted passenger plane?
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The world’s ‘largest all electric commercial aircraft’ completes its first flight
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05-31-2020, 01:47 AM
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The world’s ‘largest all electric commercial aircraft’ completes its first flight
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Eventually for a short-distance feeder line operating at an altitude that won't require a pressurized aircraft it may be enough.
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