![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Importantly, NASA will also work with the community to determine 'acceptable sound levels' for supersonic travel. The first step is for Lockheed Martin to develop some baseline aircraft requirements and, based on early research, outline a preliminary design for QueSST over the next 17 months. That design will then undergo initial testing, including wind tunnel validation, before NASA decides whether or not it'll be worth building. They've contracted aeronautical giants Lockheed Martin to complete a preliminary design of the aircraft for them, which they're calling Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST). As you can imagine, not exactly ideal for heavily trafficked flight paths.īut NASA hopes to change all that by developing a jet that's capable of quieter, or 'low boom', supersonic travel, and could allow commercial passengers to fly at speeds greater than the speed of sound again. It's hoped that the new jet could eventually fill the commercial gap left by the retirement of the Concorde - which travelled at twice the speed of sound (Mach 2) and could get passengers from London to New York in just 3.5 hours - but without all the noise complaints.įrom an engineering point of view, we've long had the ability to travel at supersonic speeds - which is generally anything over 1,234 km/h - but when we do, it triggers a sound explosion that can travel thousands of metres in a jet's wake, rattling houses and cars as it goes. ![]()
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