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Boeing unveils rendering of hypersonic jet that would fly from US to Japan in 3 hours
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| 06/26/2018
| Phil Lebaue
Posted on 06/26/2018 4:49:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
06/26/2018 4:49:08 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
How can Boeing afford it?
Get government support. A hypersonic object with the mass of an airliner is an awesome weapon as well as prompt transport. Russia has invested heavily in this area, or at least bragged about it. I wouldn’t be surprised if the US had some projects in this area already, as well.
To: BenLurkin
OK, have been seeing renderings of these things all my life....
Build one already!!
To: Pearls Before Swine
A hypersonic object with the mass of an airliner is an awesome weapon I strongly suspect that is what's behind this.
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posted on
06/26/2018 4:53:59 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
It sometimes seems some new take on the old Boeing SST is trotted out every few years.
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posted on
06/26/2018 4:58:35 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Ragnar Danneskjöld
Building one isn’t the problem.
Selling ten is.
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posted on
06/26/2018 4:59:30 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Rurudyne
Boom Supersonic already has more than 74 orders for it’s futuristic SST.
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posted on
06/26/2018 5:01:31 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
To: Ragnar Danneskjöld
Exactly. My daughter could produce a nice drawing of such a thing, but it would be no nearer reality than her drawings of space-travelling dragons.
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posted on
06/26/2018 5:04:37 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Fill in my standard rant.)
To: BenLurkin
When they have a failure its gonna be that much more fast and spectacular.
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posted on
06/26/2018 5:06:17 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: BenLurkin
My understanding is that regulations intended to combat noise (sonic booms) are huge factor behind the stagnation in commercial aerospace speed over the last 50 years. Does Boeing have a plan to address the sonic boom issue? Also, the Concorde was expensive to maintain and operate, and its high fares proved fatal when travel dipped post 9/11.
With all that said, I'd love to see this sort of thing really happen. It's sad how little innovation has happened in commercial aerospace during the last 60 years compared to the 60 years before that.
To: Tax-chick
Space-traveling dragons? Now that’s what I’m talkin’ bout. You need to have her contact the new Space Force. Only thing better might be space-traveling Ligers.
She sounds like a Freeper in training.
To: BenLurkin
I don’t know where this screwball idea came from but the proposed aircraft certainly won’t be hypersonic at ground level.
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posted on
06/26/2018 5:12:42 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: PlateOfShrimp
Communication that involves typing is too old-fashioned for today’s youth.
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posted on
06/26/2018 5:14:37 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Fill in my standard rant.)
To: Ragnar Danneskjöld
Concorde is a British-French turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner that was operated from 1976 until 2003. It had a maximum speed over twice the speed of sound at Mach 2.04 (1,354 mph or 2,180 km/h at cruise altitude), with seating for 92 to 128 passengers.
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posted on
06/26/2018 5:15:43 PM PDT
by
donna
(The United States Constitution and the Koran are mutually exclusive.)
To: Rurudyne
Building one isnt the problem.
Selling ten is.
Yeh, the technology to build a large supersonic passenger plane has been in place for awhile now. The trick is building one that can operate at a profit. That technology has yet to prove itself to exist....
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posted on
06/26/2018 5:19:36 PM PDT
by
snoringbear
(W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
To: BenLurkin
Just make sure there aren’t any pieces of metal on the runway at takeoff.
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posted on
06/26/2018 5:20:13 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: BenLurkin
Forget that. We should build a high-speed train to Japan. It can go under or over the ocean, and the governor of California can head up the project, as he has valuable experience with these things.
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posted on
06/26/2018 5:23:28 PM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Keepin' it analog.)
To: BenLurkin
I think Spacex will beat them with a pure rocket solution. They have already demonstrated the technology.
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posted on
06/26/2018 5:25:27 PM PDT
by
cicero2k
To: PlateOfShrimp
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posted on
06/26/2018 5:29:07 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: KC_Lion
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posted on
06/26/2018 5:30:25 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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