NASA flying wing concepts

Jan Vorbrüggen wrote:
Nonoperating Temperature
* Above 900 m (3,000 ft.) -40 to 60 C (max altitude 40,000 ft)
Nonoperating Altitude 12,000 m (40,000 ft)

So the bottom line is: you can indeed - just barely - transport a Sun
server in the unpressurized compartment of a modern jetliner and stay
within specs. Hmmm....

It would be fun to figure out what the majority of air cargo consists of
and break that down to things that need pressurized and heated cargo
bays and those that don't.
One thing a passenger flying wing might be able to do is fly at a higher
altitude than current jetliners due to the low wing loading.
Since a U-2 could cruise at around 82,000 feet, you might be able to get
the passenger version of the NASA design up to 50,000 feet or more,
like the B-2.

Pat