NASA Finally Unveiled 'Quiet' X-59 Supersonic Aircraft

After six years of continuous development, NASA and US defense company Lockheed Martin have finally unveiled their “quiet” supersonic aircraft – X-59 Quesst. Which revolutionary technology does it bring and when will we be able to experience supersonic passenger flight? Watch till the end to find out, it's sooner than you think!

[genebaket]

We do not need Mach 1 plus for passenger airplanes. What we need is bigger seats and more legroom stop trying to pack us in like a cattle car.

[bthome]

I tap out anytime a narrator tells me to “wait till the end to find out”.

[UrbaneHobbit]

The AI wants you to hear its perfect voice. The AI doesn’t understand that you want to hear what a sonic boom sounds like

[richardhookway]

I used to love hearing the sonic boom when I was a child. We lived on the flight path in Devon, UK. I used to occasionally think about the passengers on board heading to New York, a place that I had only seen in films.

[billmullins]

I started school in Abilene, Texas where Dyess Air Force Base was located. Sonic booms were just a way of life. I don't remember anybody getting upset over them.

[willamcombs]

Who remembers the show, Get Smart? I remember they had something called the Hush-A-Boom. That's what they should call this plane as a nod to Get Smart. 😂😂

[justanotherfella]

This fellas pronunciation of NASA is more than I can take.

[hugoa]

the thought of not having a visual reference of any kind in front of you at those heights and those speeds is truly terrifying and would no less require nerves of steel to get into a extremely fast box without windows.

[davewitter]

Looks like affordable transportation for the .01%

[matthiaskreuz]

Faster medical response, i'm dying from laughter 😂

[bmxfioc]

Fun fact: Every 3 decibels, the intensity of the sound *doubles*. From 75 to 105 decibels, the sound pressure has doubled 10 times! That makes the Concorde's sonic boom 1024 tiems louder than the new proposed line of jets.

[kenandbarbie-bc]

Sounds like a good thing, but frankly we are having trouble with the quality & safety of subsonic flights now.
Hopefully Lockheed-Martin is a better operation than Boeing now.

[moonbearst]

concorde wasnt discontinued because of the sound of breaking the sound barrier. during its uk tour it passed over my house in england about 10 miles from mcr airport. it was not deafening nor did it rattle windows.

[seandees]

When i worked at lockheed martin in palmdale i had access to a 2nd floor mezzane overlooking the area were they were assembling the X-59 it was interesting to observe the progress over time as it was assembled

[DZ-zcgi]

I bet the only purpose was massive kickbacks as any other expensive projects. Business as usual. But they needed to show something before it goes to an archive.

[Dhannibal]

If NASA/Boeing accomplishment with Starliner are anything to go by, can only hope that NASA's involvement with Lockheed Martin has better results.

[RobertEMuir]

Let's face the reality...this was never intended for passenger flight. This is military. Plane and simple.

[donadams]

There was a day when sonic booms were common. We were used to it and when the jets were high altitude it really wasn't a problem. There are always people that won't like anything you do. You find this with people that build houses next to airports then complain about the noise the airplanes make taking off and landing at the airport, go figure that one!

[markandrade]

As a New Yorker I used to love when the Concord flew into JFK. I lifeguarded Rockaway Beach the summers of 87, 88 and 89 and watched the Concord fly in the morning.

[plane_guy]

So the solution to the sonic boom problem is to build a plane that's really, really pointy. Jeez, who the hell would have ever guessed that?