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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
    36·
    2 years ago

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

    • Simulation6@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      39·
      2 years ago

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

      • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
        471·
        2 years 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
          2·
          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.