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I think a lot of people here are missing the point. The idea isn't to just replicate Concorde's flights across the Atlantic Ocean - or any stretch of water for
by tjpnz 2y ago
I think a lot of people here are missing the point. The idea isn't to just replicate Concorde's flights across the Atlantic Ocean - or any stretch of water for that matter. Their plan would be to have this thing flying over land. The noise issue will be solved either through some feat of engineering or political lobbying. The cynic in me believes it will be mostly the latter.
- jauntywundrkind 2y agoI super do not want even a muffled supersonic boom crashing over my house! It would definitely breed some significant resentment against the rich to have my house even gently shaking day by day. My gut tells me this is in no way a solvable problem. But I too fear that after it's built, it'll be the LLM story of "yes we had to illegally access & use every book & piece of art in existence to train this, but now that we've built it, how could we turn back?"
- _yb2s 2y agoA literal case of “move fast and break things”
- tjpnz 2y agoOn the plus side you might only need to replace your smashed windows on windy days.
- jauntywundrkind 2y agoI'm not expecting anywhere near that level of trouble, but man, when the F-16 went supersonic over DC in 2023, my rowhouse seriously rocked. It was a vibration so wildly different than anything I'd felt in a house before, feeling like it was coming from everywhere. Even if you can muffle that sonic boom somewhat, I'm highly skeptical it's going to be anything but very noticeable & intrusive. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65808194 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65808194
- everybodyknows 2y agoRTF-Website. The intention is to remain subsonic over land: https://boomsupersonic.com/overture https://boomsupersonic.com/overture