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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
    43·
    10 months ago

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

    • Simulation6@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      5·
      10 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
        50·
        10 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
          3·
          10 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.

    • KevonLooney@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      10 months 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.