NASA Shows a Jet Engine Small Enough to Fit on a Kitchen Table

Have you ever wondered just how big a jet engine used on a commercial aircraft is? In single-aisle airliners, for instance, the jet engines that dangle from their wings are a little under three meters long. That's not as big as these things appear to the untrained eye, but certainly a lot bigger than a jet engine NASA tucked away at one of its facilities to advance research in aviation. Despite its main area of expertise having to do... (continue reading...)