deconstructAug 26, 2023

NASA moves a step closer to supersonic passenger flights

https://lemm.ee/post/5598916

NASA moves a step closer to supersonic passenger flights - lemm.ee

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.

Show threadJohnBrownsDream [he/him]Aug 26, 2023
A quarter billion dollars to build just a prototype and retread the Concorde fiasco with all its attendant environmental destruction. What does this have to do with exploring space, which is what I thought was NASA’s mission?
Show threadSleazy_Albanese [comrade/them]Aug 27, 2023
Climate science doesnt have much to do with spaceflight either. Are you complaining about that too?
Show threadlibrary_napper
I am. We have enough problems here, and there is an enormous amount of climate damage for every rocket sent to space.
Aug 27, 2023 at 11:44amWeb
Show threadSleazy_Albanese [comrade/them]Aug 27, 2023
Fair play to ya. fair play.