NASA’s new X-59 supersonic research aircraft is poised to crack the most vexing problem of commercial faster-than-sound travel: Sonic boom. The unique shape of the aircraft manages shockwave formation and is anticipated to reduce the window-rattling noise of sonic booms to a thump no louder than the slamming of a car door.
If it works, a new generation of supersonic commercial airliners may be free of current FAA restrictions over supersonic operations over populated areas.
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