«We all want to see flying saucers and stuff,» says Boeing spokesperson Terrence Scott, and
the standard airplane design we know may seem like yesterday's news but, Scott says, it's extremely well optimized for what it does.
Not exact matches
It is also
designed for travel - it meets all of the safety
standards (of course) but it is small enough to fit into most compact cars and is certified for
airplane usage.
The techniques Doyle developed to test the space shuttle have become
standard tools for testing new
designs of
airplanes and helicopters.
Inspired by the fist - like club of a mantis shrimp, a team of researchers led by University of California, Riverside, in collaboration with University of Southern California and Purdue University, have developed a
design structure for composite materials that is more impact resistant and tougher than the
standard used in
airplanes.