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NASA moves a step closer to supersonic passenger flights (www.cnn.com)
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In July, Lockheed Martin completed the build of NASA’s X-59 test aircraft, which is designed to turn sonic booms into mere thumps, in the hope of making overland supersonic flight a possibility. Ground tests and a first test flight are planned for later in the year. NASA aims to have enough data to hand over to US regulators in 2027.

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[-] JohnBrownsDream@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago

A quarter billion dollars to build just a prototype and retread the Concorde fiasco with all its attendant environmental destruction. What does this have to do with exploring space, which is what I thought was NASA's mission?

[-] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Atmospheric based ~~praise~~ pursuits have always been within their purview. Space just gets all the press.

[-] JohnBrownsDream@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

Fair point. It's still striking to me how much public money is being thrown at a project that will benefit just a handful of private citizens.

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Why is it striking to you that A government funded by billionaires for billionaires is spending public funds on things that will only benefit billionaires?

[-] Sleazy_Albanese@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Climate science doesnt have much to do with spaceflight either. Are you complaining about that too?

[-] library_napper 4 points 1 year ago

I am. We have enough problems here, and there is an enormous amount of climate damage for every rocket sent to space.

[-] Sleazy_Albanese@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Fair play to ya. fair play.

[-] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And you can add 1billion for the previous attempt

The American government cancelled its SST project in 1971 having spent more than $1 billion without any aircraft being built.[299]

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