Hexagon Shaped Outer Skin Air Foil Pop-out for Unmanned Rocket Booster Return

Not long ago, I reviewed a design of a tubular wind turbine, which would be flown like a kite, the innovators have a lot to learn about design, aerodynamics, and such, but they managed to convince the DOE to give them $300,000 of taxpayer's money to try to make this concept work. Yes, I know there have been a huge number of kite like wind turbine concepts floated, some as far back as five and six decades if you read the old science journals.

But these graduate students, kids, were given PhDs, told they were smart, and think they have something new and revolutionary, something which no one has ever conceived before. You might call it academic arrogance, as most people do, but it's really just part of the using those young minds by telling them they are smarter than everyone else - and so with PhD in hand the DOE gives them some money and perhaps an equally na?ve Venture Capitalist or Angle might give them the rest so they can become the next "Wright Brothers" of the alternative energy sector.

In any case after reviewing this design, I see it has so many aerodynamic flaws that it cannot work as currently designed, but they have some money to burn in prototypes, so, maybe they might learn a few things along the way, which will make up for it? When I looked at the design I see lots of applications for the design, but not necessarily for alternative energy generation, after all, I am hardly a brain-washed global warming academic who needs to go along with the flow to pay for my research funding.

First, a tubular design in a hexagon shape would make a nice air foil. For what you ask? Well, let's suspend for a moment the current stage of development of these kid's little aerodynamic wonder design where they hope to take their energy generation "flying venturi tube" wind turbine device into the future. And let's start thinking about its potential for morphing, inflating, expanding, etc.

Now then, the USAF is looking into re-using Booster rockets for launching satellites, NASA also likes the idea. The booster stages would fly back and land on the runway. Okay so, "What if" - this device is modified so it actually works and then designed as a "pop-up" device attached to the outside of the a space rocket booster, once empty of fuel, the device would expand, and become the airfoil surfaces for the rocket booster to come back down and land?

It's totally doable. So, think on this.