NASA’s latest X-Planes could help save the planet

Apr25

by Sindy Cator on April 25, 2016 at 11:06 am

NASA has been responsible for developing a lot of things other than spacecrafts, including memory foam, scratch resistant glasses and insulin pumps and now the agency is looking to fuel the future of aviation using green technology. With the launch of its New Aviation Horizons initiative, NASA is looking to develop a new generation of X-Planes over the course of the next ten years. NASA’s famed X-Planes have already set some milestones in the past. The X-1 broke the sound barrier in October 1947. Others have set records such as being the first planes to fly at altitudes in excess…