Space Fact #10: The First Airline Flight Cost $400
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The first commercial flight took place on New Year’s Day, 1914, with a ticket price of $400.
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The Engineer's eBay
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Ordered by Congress to serve a stimulating function, the agency has a technology transfer (T2) program designed to push out the information ore to the private sector as rapidly as possible. Its T2 website, technology.nasa.gov, serves as a kind of engineering eBay, a catalogue of tempting technologies available for licensing.
Read MoreWhy You Don't See NASA on This Pie Chart
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The truth is, NASA would be invisible even if you doubled its budget. That's how skewed the public's view of space is.
Read MoreDo We Need Human Exploration?
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We could go to Mars with robots alone and still conduct good science. But that approach will never get us to Mars; and we happen to be humans, not robots
Read MoreHow Space Can Save Transportation
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Sometime in this century, people will be flying autonomous aircraft—the equivalent of the self-driving car. Personal air vehicles, perhaps powered by electric batteries, can help relieve our overcrowded airports, save land, and minimize emissions.
Read MoreSTEM's Future Uptick
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If I were king, I would set our nation’s space program on a trajectory that would inspire not just the international community but our own youth.
Read MoreSpace Fact #32: The Private Sector Funds 1/6 of Basic Science
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The private sector funds just 18% of basic research in this country.
Read MoreAmerica's Imperiled Reputation
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Over the last 100 years, brave Americans on the battlefield and industrious Americans back home played a major role in making the world’s citizens more free, secure, and prosperous. For most of that time, most of the world viewed us as—mostly—a force for good. Now we have another battle to fight.
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