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Sonic booms are very loud and disruptive. NASA has done some research into mitigation by using blunt-nosed aircraft, but none of that applies to Boom's more con
by idlewords 9y ago
Sonic booms are very loud and disruptive. NASA has done some research into mitigation by using blunt-nosed aircraft, but none of that applies to Boom's more conventional design.
Here's what the Concorde sounded like at altitude, from the ground: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbPh2llw0-M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbPh2llw0-M
- Obi_Juan_Kenobi 9y agoBeing regularly subjected to anything even half as loud as that would be a complete non-starter for me.