In July, Lockheed Martin completed the build of NASA’s X-59 test aircraft, which is designed to turn sonic booms into mere thumps, in the hope of making overland supersonic flight a possibility. Ground tests and a first test flight are planned for later in the year. NASA aims to have enough data to hand over to US regulators in 2027.

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    1 year ago

    Price per km of track goes up exponentialy the faster you want to go, which means they will either have expensive tickets or will be unprofitable.

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      1 year ago

      The rail network should be a service not a for profit organisation

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        Still, someone has to finance it. In the worst case you have a high speed rail network with high operationg costs that nobody uses, but taxpayers still need to maintain.

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          I swear if firefighting wasn’t currently publicly funded, you’d argue against making it publicly funded because it might not be profitable

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          If it’s there (and not terrible), people will use it. Will it break even on the costs? Maybe. Maybe not. Still worth it, however.