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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

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

    • vind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      37·
      8 months ago

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

      • Simulation6@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        49·
        8 months ago

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

        • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
          44·
          8 months ago

          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.

          • poppy@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            8 months 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.