In a joint ceremony with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, on Friday, Nasa revealed the X-59, an experimental aircraft that is expected to fly at 1.4 times the speed of sound – or 925mph (1,488 km/h).

The aircraft, which stands at 99.7ft (30.4 metres) long and 29.5ft wide, has a thin, tapered nose that comprises nearly a third of the aircraft’s full length – a feature designed to disperse shock waves that would typically surround supersonic aircraft and result in sonic booms.

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[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 30 points 8 months ago (8 children)

pretty neat that the image of the plane for the article is shot from so close that you can only see 1/3 of it, but to be fair it does include the screens of people's phones as they take a picture of the thing. kind of like going to a concert.

[–] Nudding@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Haha I wonder about the ungodly amount of fuel it burns.

[–] curiousPJ@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Saudi Arabia is going to love this news.

https://theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/27/revealed-saudi-arabia-plan-poor-countries-oil

[–] Nudding@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Old news now. The evil in the hearts of humans will be our collective undoing.

[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I'm not so sure it's their hearts, those are full of blood. It's more like a system that incentivises people to make immortal decisions for profit.

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