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NASA moves a step closer to supersonic passenger flights (www.cnn.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In July, Lockheed Martin completed the build of NASA’s X-59 test aircraft, which is designed to turn sonic booms into mere thumps, in the hope of making overland supersonic flight a possibility. Ground tests and a first test flight are planned for later in the year. NASA aims to have enough data to hand over to US regulators in 2027.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

In the west, jet engines were developed to kill fascists and communists. The ROI was good.

I don't see the parallel

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Weren't jet engines developed by the Germans to kill the Allies?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

They were in development in various countries simultaneously, Spain would have likely gotten there first if not for Franco. Germany did manage the first jet fighter and bomber though, with Britain not long after

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Both sides developed jet engines. The allies didn't get them into a fighter until after the war though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Everyone was developing them, more or less. The thing is, the enemy doesn't usually share their tech with you so you've got to develop programs independently.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Are you claiming that the idea of the jet engine, prototyping, and finalization of the jet engine was entirely sparked by what you're referring to? I would argue that there's a long line of research leading up to what you're referring to that would've resulted in the questions you're asking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I am. Although the concept of a jet engine was known about for a long time it was only prototyped and finalized for the war effort. Since the Germans knew they were going to war first, they had a head start and finished first.

Everyone else launched reactionary programs. The goal of America's program was to kill fascists, but they didn't finish before the war's end. Afterwards they pivoted to communists.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

And what of the folks who developed the concept of a jet engine?