![]() ![]() (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters) The Tesla of the skyĪirplanes have a sizeable carbon footprint – but Airbus is trying to change that, developing aircraft models with zero carbon dioxide emissions. So far, scientists have launched nanosatellites to monitor places like the Andes to better understand global warming.Īn Airbus E-Fan.1, an electrical aircraft, participates in a flying display during the opening of the Paris Air Show on June 16. Montpellier’s Space Center and nanosatellite program receives support from the Van Allen Foundation so students can collaborate with researchers and industry professionals to build the miniature devices. ![]() ![]() The student-built nanosatellites cost up to $340,000 each, in contrast to large satellites that go for hundreds of millions.Ĭommercial nanosatellite developers and manufacturers include Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., a spinoff of the British University of Surrey, and California’s Planet Labs Inc. Sometimes it pays to be small: At a tenth of the cost of their larger counterparts, nanosatellites from the University of Montpellier weigh as little as a kilogram (2.2 pounds) and can reach otherwise inaccessible places. Aircraft companies including Cessna and Eclipse, both in the United States, and Brazil’s Embraer have released small jet aircraft onto the market. Many companies are working on similar models, but few have begun making deliveries. It requires no more than a 600-metre grass airstrip to take off. The plane’s glass cockpit fits a single pilot and it flies below the normal cruising height of regional commercial altitudes. Test pilot Maciej Peikert said the company expects the jets will “commute between areas where the infrastructure is relatively poor, or between islands or in mountains.” It’s about the size of a car but rings up at $1.7-million (U.S.). ![]() Polish company Metal Master showcased its single-engine Flaris jet, an experimental plane that weighs just 700 kilograms (1,540 pounds), less than half of an average car. Sick of traffic-clogged commutes or island-hopping via slow ferries? Travelers may soon be able to fly their own single-seat private jet, small enough to fit in a garage. An employee checks a Polish aircraft Flaris LAR 01 at the Paris Air Show, on the eve of its opening, June 14, 2015. ![]()
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