This TED Talk features Aerospace Executive Rodin Lyosov recorded live at TED 2018.

I love airplanes. Ooh, I love airplanes.

So when I went to college in the late 90s, it was obvious that I was going to study aerospace.

And you wouldn't believe how many people told me, oh, no, not aerospace.

Aerospace is going to be boring. Everything in aerospace has already been done.

Well, they're a little bit off to mark, and in fact, I think the next decade is going to be

another golden age for aviation. For one thing, and this is where I get excited, flight is about

to get a lot more personal.

So a little compare and contrast.

In the last century, large commercial airplanes have connected cities across the globe.

And 100 years ago, it would have been unthinkable for all of us

to fly here from around the world for a five-day conference.

But we did, and most of us, probably without a second thought.

And that's a remarkable achievement for humanity.

But on a day-to-day basis, we still spend a lot of time in cars

or actively try to avoid it.

Some of my best friends live in San Francisco.

I live in Mountain View, about 40 miles away.

We're all busy.

At the end of the day, we're separated by something like two hours of heavy traffic.

So frankly, we haven't seen each other in a few months.

Now, I work in downtown San Jose, which is near the airport,

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