For the past couple of years the world’s top space program NASA has
been working on a future design for the very first personal flying suit.
The puffin, as they call it, measures to be approximately 12 feet in
length with a 15 foot wingspan. The aircraft module would land
vertically, allowing for a person to step directly into it and has
blades similar to that of helicopters. The puffin concept would
relatively light weight and would use electric motors, allowing for high
altitudes as well as being eco-friendly.
Now to another note: is the Puffin concept practical for consumer
use? Highly unlikely, or at least not for a long time. First of all,
this type of flying suit would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, if
not millions, so not many people would ever get to use one, as least
for quite some time. Secondly, if this flying suit were to take the
place of automobiles, modern travel would be extremely chaotic and the
number of fatalities would drastically increase. Any type of mechanical
failure or collision with another flying suit would be devastating and
regulating travel would be nearly impossible. Yes, the idea is
magnificent and I think most of us would like to have an experience like
this someday, so hopefully this type of future technology will be able
to advance, thanks to NASA.
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