DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

                                                                      

                 By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane

MAKING NEW AVIATION HISTORY - FLYING ELECTRIC

                    

                                                    Source:  Beta Technologies

• Sirius XM founder & serial entrepreneur Martine Rothblatt has brought to life her vision of sustainable flying with Beta Technologies & electric plane Alia
• Alia is an eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff & landing vehicle) that takes off, lands & hovers like a helicopter but with zero  emissions
• Founded a few years ago in Burlington Vermont, Beta is run by Alia creator, Harvard educated engineer Kyle Clark who created Alia at Rothblatt's challenge to the aviation world
• Beta has raised more than $800 million in investment money, is readying to go into production & expects FAA certification by 2024
• First usage is likely to be for short haul cargo transport
• Maximum range is 250 nautical miles before recharging
• Some aviation experts believe that Alia will make aviation history with its steady progress towards certification, solid funding & all-electric, sustainable flying
• Also, Beta has a new version that can carry up to 6 passengers, the CX 300, with fixed wing conventional takeoff and landing
• Beta is seeking FAA approval for the CX 300 that has quickly amassed 100 + orders for air taxi service.

NEW CAR CONCEPT STRAIGHT OUT OF DISNEY

            Source:  Hyundai Ioniq 5 Disney 100 Platinum Concept

• At the New York Auto Show, Hyundai unveiled a car concept that is a moving tribute to the 100th anniversary of the founding of Disney, called the Hyundai Ioniq 5 Disney 100 Platinum Concept
• The surprise Disney themed Ioniq is a first-of-its-kind creative collaboration between Disney & an automaker
• Ioniq 5 is the all-electric flagship of Hyundai & the Disney version is going into limited production for Disney fans & families with kids to purchase
• There are many unique features to this new concept, such as

1. Pixie dust is sprinkled on the moonroof
2. Headlights & taillights have animated Disney elements
3. Disney inspired visual elements including accents, music & lighting
4. Infotainment screen with Disney themes
5. Silver-gold body paint with big wheels to honor Mickey Mouse
6. Disney 100 logos throughout the car

• Ioniq 5 Disney 100 is getting some great reviews & will be the centerpiece of a 360-degree integrated marketing campaign.

NASA:  HUMANS WILL BE LIVING ON MOON IN 7 YEARS

                            Source:  NASA Orion & Moon

• NASA believes human will be living on the Moon by the end of this decade
• NASA's Artemis Missions are the milestone steps that the Agency is taking to establish humans living on the Moon, for deeper long-term space exploration
• Crew of the Artemis II, 10-day "FLY BY" mission around the Moon was named this week for launch in November 2024
• Artemis II and its highly innovative spacecraft Orion will take the crew the farthest into space that any humans have ever ventured
• With Artemis III, Orion will take humans back to the Moon's surface for the 1st time since the Apollo mission 50 years ago +
• NASA says it's developing a sustainable program including a Lunar Gateway space station, where astronauts will live, work & ride on landers to & from the Moon
• During this decade, NASA says it will have people living on the Moon with rovers to travel about & do science
• The Moon is the staging ground for NASA for the next big challenge:  manned trips to Mars.

For more news stories like this, Space Mysteries & Wonders 2020's

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