Sentences with phrase «power jet airplanes»

That means they could also be used to power jet airplanes, another prime polluter.

Another huge opportunity would be to use either NASA itself or something akin to NASA to develop hydrogen - powered jet airplane engines.

Not exact matches

More than 50 years ago, aerospace engineers spent over $ 1 billion — in 1950s money — designing atomic - powered airplanes in the hope that such superfast jets could remain aloft for 15,000 miles (21,150 kilometers) at a time.

Biodiesel may not become the airplane fuel of the future but it did prove effective enough to recently power a 1968 L - 29 Czechoslovakian jet — dubbed BioJet 1 — up to 17,000 feet (5,180 meters) over 37 minutes.

Instead, they zoomed up the West Coast by airplane, thanks to some help from the ASPCA's transport program (and some jet power from Alaska Airlines).