NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims to

  • @JTskulk
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    281 year ago

    “NASA aims to gather data that could revolutionize air travel, paving the way for a new generation of commercial aircraft that can travel faster than the speed of sound.”

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      I think that is definitely just a cover because they don’t want to admit they’re actually developing supersonic stealth planes for the military.

      • @[email protected]
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        161 year ago

        I think that is definitely just a cover because they don’t want to admit they’re they’ve actually developing developed supersonic stealth planes for the military.

        Ftfy

        What they reveal openly is usually from years ago. A couple aerospace friends are always like "yea, we heard scuttlebut about that about 5 years ago, so that means it was already a thing 10 years ago*, haha.

      • @RagingRobot
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        101 year ago

        Well hiding the giant boom is probably a good stepping stone to that so yeah

      • @grayman
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        11 year ago

        From the eyewitness accounts of whistle blowers, traditional propulsion and modern propulsion are old tech compared to what they have today. Silent and extremely fast already exists.