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last news is that in January 2009 NASA joined with funding as part of it's own studies http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=
by borism 17y ago
last news is that in January 2009 NASA joined with funding as part of it's own studies http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/aw020209p1.xml&headline=NASA%20Backs%20Hybrid%20Wing/Body%20to%20Meet%20Environmental%20Goals http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?cha...
so I wouldn't write this off yet.
quote from the article: "NASA has not consulted the airlines to gauge their interest in the hybrid wing/body (HWB) - its generic term for the BWB. Instead its research is driven by internal studies that indicate the unconventional configuration is the only way to meet the aggressive environmental targets it has set for "N+2 generation" aircraft to be available around 2020."
- billswift 17y agoConsidering how much NASA has actually accomplished in the last several decades, that is probably the kiss of death for any actual plane.
- borism 17y agoWhat's actual accomplishment for you? Winning a manned race to the moon and building first reusable space plane? There's enormous amount of research being done there that's not as visible, but significantly more important. NASA won't be building planes anyway. What's also nice about this is that it's mostly open source. Just take it and build your own startup on top of it!