"Is ride-sharing in the air just pie in the sky?
The car-hailing company announced a partnership with NASA on Wednesday at Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, to develop a plan for managing urban airspace.
The two have signed a Space Act Agreement, which will see Uber work together with federal agency and its other partners to make flying vehicles at a low altitude safe and viable.
The company also announced that it will launch its flying car service UberAIR in Los Angeles in 2020 -- just a year later than Blade Runner predicted.
...They are mainly being designed for cities, with the idea they will reduce congestion in urban centers..."
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