Can air travel ever be 'green'?
What NASA and Boeing's new project could mean for the travel industry
The space agency announced it has selected the airplane company to develop a "Sustainable Flight Demonstrator" intended to reduce the industry's rather substantial carbon emissions.
Key takeaways
- Commercial airplanes and large business jets make up 10 percent of carbon emissions from American transportation sources;
- The plan is to have greener aircraft ferrying passengers around the world sometime in the 2030s;
- The future of flight might look a lot different in the era of climate change.
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