vjaqua wrote:

The blended wing concept made the front page of the LA Times. If I was Boeing, and NASA
offered me a 3 million grant, I would gladly say the concept had promise, and promptly
start work on it. It would be a great way to bring those new grads up to real world speed
on some one elses money. Vance(you can private this if you like Paul - it is just my old
fart cynicism raising it's ugly head)

Nah! Me too :-) Lets see Continental got.. was it 20 million?... for the diesel 
no where in sight. Williams got 100 million for the cheap turbo fan no where
in sight. Will the excesses of NASA never stop? :-)

Well as long as they issue parachutes to all 500 passengers I see no
problem with a blended wing design. I wonder what it would do if it
ran into a cell like Marcia just experienced on her way from Texas
to Florida in a 737.

Paul Lamar
 
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