Aviation is but 120+ years old, where will it be in the next 40-50?

[Gunfighter14e2]

From first flight to Jets in what 42-43 years. Then less than +/- 20 years later, 3+ times the speed of sound and able to take off from a runway on earth and fly into outer space. So you best guess,... or will a transporter type device off registry number NCC-1701 take over?

 

[918v]

Aviation is thousands of years old.

Vimanas: The Mystical Flying Machines of Ancient Indian Lore

BY THE ARCHAEOLOGIST EDITOR GROUP

www.thearchaeologist.org

 

[akmike47]

Aviation is thousands of years old.

Vimanas: The Mystical Flying Machines of Ancient Indian Lore

BY THE ARCHAEOLOGIST EDITOR GROUP

www.thearchaeologist.org

 

[diggler1833]

 

[akmike47]

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Stinky bobble headed aliens

 

[hlee]

Comparing 1950s aviation to today, I’d guess that in 50 years planes will look like this…

 

[diggler1833]

Comparing 1950s aviation to today, I’d guess that in 50 years planes will look like this…

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^ If we could make a few submarines look like that, we might be off to a good start...

 

[Redlion]

Aviation is thousands of years old.

Vimanas: The Mystical Flying Machines of Ancient Indian Lore

BY THE ARCHAEOLOGIST EDITOR GROUP

www.thearchaeologist.org

Straight out of "Mortal Engines" flick.

 

[Gunfighter14e2]

Comparing 1950s aviation to today, I’d guess that in 50 years planes will look like this…

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I though one like that flew out of A-stan a few years ago?

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Where we should be:

Where we will still be:



Sirhr

 

[roostercogburn98]

Comparing 1950s aviation to today, I’d guess that in 50 years planes will look like this…

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[lonegunman762x51]

At the current rate, in 50 years you will be walking everywhere you go. Democrats will destroy everything for all but a small minority of people.

 

[ironpony52]

 

[Ronws]

What I think is neat is how tough planes are. They can leave a hole in a building or even the ground in the shape of the plane, like Roadrunner running through a wall. Amazing stuff.

 

[ironpony52]

What I think is neat is how tough planes are. They can leave a hole in a building or even the ground in the shape of the plane, like Roadrunner running through a wall. Amazing stuff.

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except in Pennsylvania they somehow vaporize and leave almost no remains................amazing

 

[The D]

progress will depend on gov getting the fuck out of the way and letting some true innovation happen. Until then, it’ll still just be greyhound buses with wings taped onto them farting through the sky

 

[sirhrmechanic]

 

[Ronws]

except in Pennsylvania they somehow vaporize and leave almost no remains................amazing

And yet leave a plane-shaped hole in the ground. Again, amazing materials they use in these planes.

 

[sloporsche]

I read 500 ish years until limited interstellar travel but even then we are going nowhere until we develop ludicrous speed

 

[918v]

How do we use such ludicrous speed while avoiding space debris?

 

[W54/XM-388]

From first flight to Jets in what 42-43 years. Then less than +/- 20 years later, 3+ times the speed of sound and able to take off from a runway on earth and fly into outer space. So you best guess,... or will a transporter type device off registry number NCC-1701 take over?

Perhaps military or global elites will have some cool stuff.

But for the average citizen, consider this:

We are now stuck with flying slower and less comfortably and with way more hassle than back in the late 80s
Even the normal subsonic jets are flying slower and of course air travel is a nightmare of hostile inconvenience and trouble.
Flying was decent back in the 80s, not so much today.

 

[hlee]

You have to

How do we use such ludicrous speed while avoiding space debris?

“Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?”

 

[ken226]

 

[sloporsche]

How do we use such ludicrous speed while avoiding space debris?

well by using ludicrous radar of course silly

 

[akg102]

The government heavily regulates the space, so……probably right where we are today with a few additional software advancements. More tech, more women, more browns, more excuses to divert blame.

 

[alamo5000]

From first flight to Jets in what 42-43 years. Then less than +/- 20 years later, 3+ times the speed of sound and able to take off from a runway on earth and fly into outer space. So you best guess,... or will a transporter type device off registry number NCC-1701 take over?

The emphasis IMO will be on efficiency and possibly alternative fuel sources.