NASA test pilots Nils Larson (left), James Less (right), and Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan "Dog" Canin (center) pose with the newly-painted X-59 at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale last month. NASA/Steve Freeman/SWNS
Posted on 01/15/2024 1:17:40 PM PST by Libloather
Does it run off of batteries?
The SR71 does it in less than an hour.
I don’t want to go to ny or London even if you transport me instantly
It looks like the Moon and Mars are off the table—gonna have to settle for London.
Lol—this is like the days of the steamships—think of it as devolution in action.
On that train all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from New York to Paris
Well by seventy-six we’ll be A-OK
Why is NASA developing the next generation of commercial aircraft?
Oh, that’s right, because our government operates in service to the military-congressional-industrial complex.
What a beautiful world this will be
somewhat limited passenger capacity though
“Why is NASA developing the next generation of commercial aircraft?”
Because Boeing sucks?
Test flights WHEN?
NASA test pilots Nils Larson (left), James Less (right), and Lockheed Martin test pilot Dan "Dog" Canin (center) pose with the newly-painted X-59 at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale last month. NASA/Steve Freeman/SWNS
Carries one person per flight?
Might take a while to amortize this baby.
LOL !
Even if you transport me instantly free of charge.
> Why is NASA developing the next generation of commercial aircraft? <
I’ll field that one. The federal government is running a huge and growing deficit. So naturally we have to fund all sorts of unnecessary things.
But, wait. Perhaps this X-59 aircraft can be used to quickly drop bundles of US taxpayer money all over the world. Okay. It makes sense now.
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I had a gig at Falon Naval Air Station in Nevada where they did a lot of Super Sonic flight training.
You would hear a boom or two every day. The funny part was it was causing our disk drive heads to touch the surface. We had bad sectors all over the place.
It will crash.
Should have been named ‘Daughter of Concorde’.
But not quietly
Steely Dan. Good obscure reference. Love me some Dan of Steel.
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