Spaniard to design US-based 'space airport' allowing intercontinental flights in two hours
Friday, May 10, 2013 @ 10:18 AM
A SPANISH architect is in the process of designing a 'space' airport which will make it possible to cover long-haul flights in under two hours. Luis Vidal, 44, from Barcelona, is waiting for a licence to build the airport-space station in Colorado, USA, which he says will take a few months to come through. Once the airport is up and running, planes taking off will go up much higher – into space – and then come back down on a different continent.The height and distance will mean that the Earth appears much smaller whilst in flight, and the longitude covered will be greater than if flying at a lower level, Vidal explains.
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