777-8/9.
These are the next generations of the twenty four year-old design of the Boeing 777-100/200 long range aircraft, that is now to have a second life! It was hoped that the 777, would replace the 747 but it still had some life left in it yet?
Today the 747 is now in decline, but orders for the 747-8 is still continuing, the 777 on the other hand has faced stiff competition from the European Airbus and their A350-900/1000 Extra wide body! But what keeps the 777 is not capacity but range over the A350-900?
These next two new aircraft that will appear in service from next year into the 2020's will have the seating capacity and range to out do the Europeans and keep the type perhaps as the successor finally to the 747?
Thursday 27 September 2018
Off to the Moon! Part-Two.
Stepping Stones?
It is still not known if the U.S. government will keep the International Space station going in favour of commitments to a New Moon base, but what is clear this will be part of the next step to go on to establishing something more permanent on Mars?
Claims of six to thirty years are still the various estimated times for such missions, commercially it might be six years to pull off a stunt, but to be serious thirty is more practicable since many things still require testing and approval?
With the recent discovery of water on the poles of the Moon, this will encourage the base plans to go ahead perhaps within the next six years, but keeping ISS has a half-way point would be wise in the initial stages of this vast project!
It is still not known if the U.S. government will keep the International Space station going in favour of commitments to a New Moon base, but what is clear this will be part of the next step to go on to establishing something more permanent on Mars?
Claims of six to thirty years are still the various estimated times for such missions, commercially it might be six years to pull off a stunt, but to be serious thirty is more practicable since many things still require testing and approval?
With the recent discovery of water on the poles of the Moon, this will encourage the base plans to go ahead perhaps within the next six years, but keeping ISS has a half-way point would be wise in the initial stages of this vast project!
Saturday 1 September 2018
Nothing to Compare to the Bicycle?
Segways and the variety of fun electronic?
But none of these new alternatives are as claver than the original bicycle and it is not known why no one has been able to come up something that is so simple and yet effective?
Tri-cycles are used today for sportspeople with disability and some are available to the general public who can afford them, but they remain a specialist field and have no viable usage outside these two areas!
One does await the day when perhaps we will see a two seat tandem bike-car powered by human sweat instead of engines and electronics, but combing tech on a level for guidance rather than powering?
But none of these new alternatives are as claver than the original bicycle and it is not known why no one has been able to come up something that is so simple and yet effective?
Tri-cycles are used today for sportspeople with disability and some are available to the general public who can afford them, but they remain a specialist field and have no viable usage outside these two areas!
One does await the day when perhaps we will see a two seat tandem bike-car powered by human sweat instead of engines and electronics, but combing tech on a level for guidance rather than powering?
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