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MIT and NASA Designing Silent Aircraft

Posted by samzenpus on from the Fly-the-silent-skies dept.

Iddo Genuth writes "Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics recently won a contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to design quieter, more energy efficient, and more environmentally friendly commercial airplanes. The two-million-dollar contract from NASA is just an initial step in bringing green technologies to the sky."

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  1. Re:It's called a balloon. by VeNoM0619 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Only 2 million...? For a new plane design?

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