This NASA’s NEW X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft just terrified Russia and China…

This NASA’s NEW X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft just terrified Russia and China…
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This NASA’s NEW X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft just terrified Russia and China…
After six intense years of pioneering development, NASA and Lockheed Martin have finally revealed their groundbreaking quiet supersonic aircraft, the X-59 Quest. What state-of-the-art technology does it bring to the table? More importantly, why will it strike fear into the hearts of Russia and China? Let’s find out in this episode!
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Before we dive into the answers, we first need to know: what is this aircraft and how was it created?
This NASA’s NEW X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft just terrified Russia and China…
NASA and Lockheed Martin’s unveiling of the X-59 marks a major step forward in addressing the longstanding challenges of supersonic flight. Designed under NASA's Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) program, the X-59 is a groundbreaking aircraft built to solve one of supersonic travel's most persistent problems: the disruptive sonic boom. This “boom” occurs when an aircraft traveling faster than the speed of sound generates shock waves that merge and reach the ground as a loud and sudden explosive noise, which has historically been the Achilles’ heel of supersonic travel. For decades, this phenomenon has limited supersonic flights to over-ocean routes, far from densely populated areas, making it impractical for widespread commercial use.
This NASA’s NEW X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft just terrified Russia and China…
For example, the Concorde, an iconic supersonic passenger jet, achieved speeds over Mach 2 but was severely limited by its noise output. Its powerful engines and delta-wing design produced intense shock waves, causing booming sounds that reached the ground with considerable force. People living below flight paths described the noise as explosive, with reports of broken windows and structural vibrations. Public backlash led to the U.S. Congress banning civilian supersonic flights over land in 1971, a move followed globally by 1973, confining Concorde’s operations to oceanic routes.