Flying car implies it will replace anybodys car, said Carl Dietrich, chief executive officer of Terrafugia, which is developing the Transition, a personal aircraft designed to travel on skyways and highways. Flying car brings out a lot of connotations and The Jetsons.
A quick look at what it takes to control normal automobile traffic in our cities and states gives it away. We won’t be getting flying cars anytime soon, but I still just enjoy the fact that Paul Moller does what he does. I was a bit surprised to hear he’s 70 years old and I assume that means at some time in the next few decades we’ll lose updates on this story.
Fortunately for all of us, the X-prize and Google’s recent move to back the endeavor promise to bring us loads of fun for years.
- Google offers $30 million for the first commercial lunar rover
- Rover must safely land on the moon and beam back images and video to Earth
- Google partnered with the X Prize Foundation for the moon challenge
- Ansari X Prize contest led to the first manned private spaceflight in 2004
