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Would it really be any worse than living near an airport? Launches are loud, sure, but so is an airplane flying overhead.
by atrus 2y ago
Would it really be any worse than living near an airport? Launches are loud, sure, but so is an airplane flying overhead.
- verzali 2y agoSonic booms are way worse than general aviation noise. A one off boom, sure, but when its every day that's got to drive you crazy.
- dialup_sounds 2y agoWith a difference of 5 dB, one approximation for a Starship flyback boom at 20 km is a ∼50% increase in loudness over the Concorde boom (where 9 dB represents a loudness doubling;) https://pubs.aip.org/asa/jel/article/4/11/113601/3320807/Starship-super-heavy-acoustics-Far-field-noise https://pubs.aip.org/asa/jel/article/4/11/113601/3320807/Sta... tl;dr - it's very loud