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Originally Posted by Rain Man
Speaking of quiet, this is NASA's new supersonic plane that's designed to reduce sonic booms to sonic thumps. I'm not sure what it'll be used for, but it's aesthetically very pleasing. You drive that thing around town and you'll pick up all the hot chicks.
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/n...final-assembly
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Another attempt at designing a commercial domestic SST. Been trying to find a way to mitigate sonic booms for decades.
Would have to be exceptionally slippery as well, since the primary hurdle to commercial SSTs is fuel costs.