| It appears NASA's studies of the future of air travel | | | | only one possible future; Net-Centric cars, which lock |
| and air taxi concepts. By studying these possible | | | | into the system and communicate with one another, |
| futures we may find our selves ready to accept flying | | | | like bids in a giant flock. No more traffic jams. The |
| cars in everyone's garage. | | | | Spoke and Hub was a creation of the larger Airlines |
| Spoke and Hub and the future of Commercial Air | | | | and Fred Smith's Fed Ex concept. But even now we |
| Travel has changed drastically over the last | | | | are seeing Fed Ex pre-sort and send much of the |
| two-decades. The proof being the advancement in the | | | | packages direct, rather than to the Memphis Mid-Night |
| marketplace by discount airline carriers of course and | | | | Sort. Which indeed is something to see and is |
| the most recent acceleration coming about with | | | | recommended for any logistics or distribution student |
| fractional jet aircraft market. Here are two great | | | | as the economies of scale nearly pay for the extra |
| websites so you can read up on this futuristic concept | | | | distances that many packages travel thru the night to |
| and the innovations rapidly approaching reality at; | | | | reach you by 10 AM guaranteed the next morning. |
| Embry Riddle SATS Program | | | | NASA is rapidly working on ways to improve safety |
| NASA Langley SATS Program | | | | and efficiency in the movement of people around the |
| We may find ourselves sooner than expected with | | | | globe, which will free up air-traffic and alleviate some |
| flying cars, perhaps similar to the cars in the movie; | | | | of the over worked and over used airports of our |
| "Minority Report" with Tom Cruise. This of course is | | | | nation. Think on this. |