In this article, the author writes about NASA creating an electric motor airplane that will be able to go 175 miles per hour. The author writes that NASA plans to make an airplane that will be using batteries instead of gasoline. This plan would be executed by first getting the “Italian-designed Tecnam P2006T twin-engine four-seat aircraft.” After they get this aircraft, NASA plans to take out the engine and put in an electric motor. Then they plan to put a different design of wings and in total it will take about five years. NASA plans to make this airplane and have people use it rather than a gasoline fuel plane. This plan to switch energy sources is a great and environmentally friendly plan. The problem that I think will come up is that there are not enough seats for people to sit in. The article said that the four-seated aircraft from Italy will turn into one-seat after inputting all the engines. Another problem with this is that the airplane will not be able to fly a far distance like regular planes. The article states that the plane will not be able to do cross-country traveling and that it will only be able to stay running for about an hour. With this little time and distance being used, I highly doubt anyone would want to purchase this aircraft. I feel like after being able to make an all-electric airplane they should immediately focus on trying to figure out how to better enhance the distance and time travel. Then once these two problems are resolved people will be willing to purchase this new environmentally friendly technology. A question that I have for this plan is that why is the time limit an hour? Another question is that why would NASA want to execute this plan if they know that it will not be able to last so far in the air?
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