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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      2 years ago

      In North America.

      For the EU the biggest issue is all of the national operators being insane in different ways that makes it harder and more expensive than it should be to cross borders by rail a lot of the time.

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      You don’t want that unless you want the cost of virtually everything to increase.

      Don’t fuck with the infrastructure that keeps every corner of a country running on a day to day basis.