🇺🇸 NASA'S X-59 TAKES FIRST FLIGHT TO KILL THE SONIC BOOM
NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59 achieved its maiden flight on October 28, marking a breakthrough in quiet supersonic travel.
The experimental jet reduces the traditional sonic boom to a gentle "thump" - 16 times quieter than current supersonic aircraft.
The X-59's unique design could lift the decades-old ban on commercial supersonic flights over land.
NASA will collect community response data to help regulators establish acceptable noise standards for future supersonic travel.
Project timeline: Wind tunnel tests in 2017, $247.5 million build contract in 2018, first flight in 2025.
If successful, commercial versions could cut travel times in half - NYC to LA in under 3 hours, NYC to London in less than 3.
From Concorde's window-rattling boom to a barely audible thump.
The sound barrier just became a speed bump.
Source: @SecDuffyNASA
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