NASA moves a step closer to supersonic passenger flights | CNN
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A new study by NASA’s Glenn Research Center has looked at the possibility of supersonic passenger jets. Its “high-speed strategy” is mooting commercial flights that travel at up to Mach 4 – over 3,000 miles per hour – starting with transoceanic routes.

In July, Lockheed Martin completed the build of NASA’s X-59 test aircraft, which is designed to turn sonic booms into mere thumps, in the hope of making overland supersonic flight a possibility. Ground tests and a first test flight are planned for later in the year. NASA aims to have enough data to hand over to US regulators in 2027.

  • twogems@lemm.ee
    133·
    2 years ago

    Or it’s own people. Which is stupid, because the brain drain will catch up technology wise.

    • LufyCZ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      101·
      2 years ago

      By investing into research of this airplane, the bulk of the costs are going to be manhours.

      How is paying engineers going to cause brain drain?