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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (8 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Atmospheric based ~~praise~~ pursuits have always been within their purview. Space just gets all the press.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair point. It's still striking to me how much public money is being thrown at a project that will benefit just a handful of private citizens.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Why is it striking to you that A government funded by billionaires for billionaires is spending public funds on things that will only benefit billionaires?

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