Jeff Kendall – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:24:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 NASA/Boeing Team to design a Radical New Airliner https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/nasa-boeing-team-to-design-a-radical-new-airliner https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/nasa-boeing-team-to-design-a-radical-new-airliner#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:24:32 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/03/nasa-boeing-team-to-design-a-radical-new-airliner

I really love this.

Boeing and NASA have teamed up to radically redesign wings on commercial airliners.

The Transonic Truss Based Wing is about 50 percent longer and much thinner, improving fuel efficiency by 10 percent, and reducing the cost and emissions of future airliners.

Seems a fairly simple change with significant benefits, are there any downsides?

How Boeing and NASA may reinvent the wing to reduce the cost and emissions of air travel.

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The story of how humanity discovered its place in the universe.

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Dead end, panacea, or something in between?

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How DAOs can change the face of science.

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How China plans to catch and reuse its next-generation rockets. Seems like a unique approach compared to SpaceX’s plan to catch a booster with the launch tower.

An overview of China’s “other” Lunar super-rocket.

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While some might view the emergence of humanoids with apprehension, a future filled with robots is likely to be a positive development for most. But as with anything, policy and society must be ready if, and when, they arrive.

There is growing corporate interest in humanoid robots to replace human labor. Tesla’s recently unveiled Bumble C robot may mark a turning point in an industry that has thus far focused on specialized machines produced in limited quantities. Should Tesla succeed, what does a mass-produced humanoid robot mean for the future of humanity?

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