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NASA exploring potential for supersonic passenger jet which could fly from London to New York in 90 minutes (news.sky.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Espiritdescali to c/futurology

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[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

They are testing new sound muffling tech so the sonic boom that is created will not affect populated areas. Currently, supersonic jets are banned due to the power of the sonic boom.

They will start testing in populated areas and gather data.

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