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NASA, Lockheed Martin Reveal X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft (www.nasa.gov)
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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

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[–] 44 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The Sonic Boom will sound more like your neighbours car door closing than an explosion

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Even regular planes have negative effects on the neighborhoods they take off and land over. This is definitely going to be worse.

    I'll only believe the "low noise" PR if it flies supersonic directly over Malibu or the Hamptons and Nantucket.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    A sonic thump could still be very disturbing. Maybe not break windows, but induce panic I a lot of people.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Jesus fucking Christ, we need a word for cunts in the comments who'll find any fuckin reason to suggest a really specific reason to be against/offended about something on behalf of someone else 😂

    Is there a word for that?

    Can we make one?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    May I suggest a blott?

    And what is so bad about not wanting sonic booms of any sort happening over my head?

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  • [+] -17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe we just have different ideas of what quiet is...

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  • [–] 50 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yeah, apparently we do...

    The problem with Sonic booms isn't that you notice them, it's fine to notice the sound of a vehicle traveling overhead. The problem is that the sound from previous supersonic jets has shattered windows all along the flight path, ruptured eardrums and caused moderate hearing loss.That is a problem...

    If this instead sounds like a car door closing, I'd call that significantly quieter.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I was at work in a bank (big, sturdy, multiple stories) when we experienced a sonic boom. It was heard/felt across several counties. We thought a bomb had gone off somewhere.

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