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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. It's called a balloon. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's called a balloon.

    1. Re:It's called a balloon. by SimonTheSoundMan · · Score: 5, Funny

      What I thought. My last university spent £2m getting one of the campus buildings into Second Life.

  2. So, you're saying... by liquidMONKEY · · Score: 5, Funny

    These aircraft will be silent, but deadly?

    Sorry, just had to sneak that in...