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Jet engines are a "solved problem" like "moon landing" is a "solved problem"

• foxyv 3y ago
  Although I think it's not going to be as easy as picking one up at the corner store, I do not think supersonic flight (which occurs every day on thousands of airframes) will compare to the level of complexity of landing a human being on an irradiated airless rock 238,900 miles above the earth's surface and returning them safely. Edit: There are private groups that own supersonic aircraft and maintain them. EG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draken_International https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draken_International They can get a hold of existing models and diagrams to produce their own copies since the patents have long since passed and been declassified for decades.