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Supersonic flight returning to US after half-century ban (www.forbes.com)

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This isn’t good. Sonic booms cause problems

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Isnt the whole idea that they don’t cause sonic booms?

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No, the sonic boom will be “much quieter “ which translates to booms over poor people and wildlife.

Besides, this is all for wealthy elites only. Pleebs can get in the commercial jets that are actually slower than their predecessors.

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

No, the sonic boom will be “much quieter “ which translates to booms over poor people and wildlife.

Not quite. Quite a lot of R&D has gone into this. The result is a sonic boom that's quieter to begin with and a lot of it is actually directed upwards.