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NASA has solved physics, though: https://www.nasa.gov/X59 https://www.nasa.gov/X59 The Low-boom Flight Demonstration mission has two goals: 1) design and buil
by Robotbeat 6y ago
NASA has solved physics, though:
https://www.nasa.gov/X59 https://www.nasa.gov/X59
The Low-boom Flight Demonstration mission has two goals: 1) design and build a piloted, large-scale supersonic X-plane with technology that reduces the loudness of a sonic boom to that of a gentle thump; and 2) fly the X-plane over select U.S. communities to gather data on human responses to the low-boom flights and deliver that data set to U.S. and international regulators.
Using this data, new sound-based rules regarding supersonic flight over land can be written and adopted, which would open the doors to new commercial cargo and passenger markets to provide faster-than-sound air travel.
- uranium 6y agoNASA has a goal to solve physics; we'll see how they do.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> NASA has solved physics, though: "NASA has a project to test whether the physics can be adequately finessed" would be more accurate description of what is on that page than "NASA has solved the physics".