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NASA moves a step closer to supersonic passenger flights (www.cnn.com)

submitted 1 year ago by deconstruct@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Instead of more luxury boondoggles for the rich, funded with tax money from people who will never afford it, how about we focus on decarbonizing air travel for the commoners? Fuck supersonic flight, use public money to develop a hydrogen powered regular speed transoceanic airliner so that regular people can have a sustainable long haul air travel option instead of making the carbon footprint of the rich even higher.

[–] Derproid@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Flying used to be a "luxury boondoggle for the rich" same with a lot of things that we view as common today.

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

We aren't functioning on the same timescale or known factors as the Wright Brothers were.

[–] cloud@lazysoci.al 6 points 1 year ago

how about we focus on decarbonizing air travel for the commoners? Fuck supersonic flight

No fuck you peasant, we gonna have the rich flying in supersonic flightrs and there's nothing you can do about it

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

They can do both.

Specialization of Labor is what society is built upon, and it actually allows society to work on multiple problems all at once.

"Engineer" is not a magical term. The people working on improving aerodynamics can't just stop doing that and switch gears to focus on chemistry, materials, process improvements, or software.

Complaining that these engineers aren't fixing the pollution from air travel is like complaining that they aren't delivering the mail, preventing shoplifting, or solving the Hollywood strikes.

[–] soviettaters@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

The Concorde was a "luxury boondoggle for the rich" and it failed hard. Nobody wants a repeat of that which is why the new goal for supersonic travel is to become cheap and quiet.

[–] uralsolo@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

This is the focus of the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator, so it's not like NASA isn't working on that problem too for what it's worth.

[–] kier@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

oh god

how can you be so based?