Comments on: Flyways, Highways in the Sky http://www.sciencemouse.com/2009/04/flyways-highways-in-the-sky/ a science e-zine for children Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:49:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Pat http://www.sciencemouse.com/2009/04/flyways-highways-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-1359 Pat Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:15:02 +0000 http://www.sciencemouse.com/?p=291#comment-1359 Taking to the airwaves has long been a favorable science fiction whose time may have come by coinciding with the need to escape fossil fuel consumption, and limited taxes for municipalities to do the road works and snow plowing that accompanies ground travel. In theory, individual transport is the stuff of science fiction and flyways that today are used only by birds. But if mankind is industrious, perhaps the time is now to test out all those theories of skycraft that helped to make the Jetsons popular. Technology nor education appears to be the problem in bringing those dreams into reality. Perhaps autos may at some point go the way of the train industry as humans take to the air for speed and safety. Designing the flyways and/or building them must be an exciting endeavor for engineers and scientists eager to conquer space in new ways. Taking to the airwaves has long been a favorable science fiction whose time may have come by coinciding with the need to escape fossil fuel consumption, and limited taxes for municipalities to do the road works and snow plowing that accompanies ground travel.

In theory, individual transport is the stuff of science fiction and flyways that today are used only by birds.

But if mankind is industrious, perhaps the time is now to test out all those theories of skycraft that helped to make the Jetsons popular. Technology nor education appears to be the problem in bringing those dreams into reality. Perhaps autos may at some point go the way of the train industry as humans take to the air for speed and safety. Designing the flyways and/or building them must be an exciting endeavor for engineers and scientists eager to conquer space in new ways.

]]> By: Link | The Science Mouse http://www.sciencemouse.com/2009/04/flyways-highways-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-610 Link | The Science Mouse Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:11:17 +0000 http://www.sciencemouse.com/?p=291#comment-610 [...] of birds are migrating.  Here you can track the Ruby-throated hummingbirds as they [...] [...] of birds are migrating.  Here you can track the Ruby-throated hummingbirds as they [...]

]]> By: A day with the sandhill cranes | The Science Mouse http://www.sciencemouse.com/2009/04/flyways-highways-in-the-sky/comment-page-1/#comment-545 A day with the sandhill cranes | The Science Mouse Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:44:07 +0000 http://www.sciencemouse.com/?p=291#comment-545 [...] Flyways, Highways in the Sky [...] [...] Flyways, Highways in the Sky [...]

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