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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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[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 year ago (24 children)

america will do anything but invest in public transport huh

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or it's own people. Which is stupid, because the brain drain will catch up technology wise.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We can tell it's already effecting you by trying to suggest nasa is a waste, when we spend 100 times it's budget on wasted military contracts or the fact we do have a tax bracket that allows someone to even become a billionaire instead of taking back excessive wealth stolen from workers in predatory labor markets. There are other areas we should be getting this money for the public and it sure as hell shouldn't be from aeronautic or space research ffs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

that's actually a very good point

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also NASA has created endless bits of research that benefit everyone and the economy, the fact I'm typing this from my phone is only really possible because NASA 'wasted' money going to space.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

By investing into research of this airplane, the bulk of the costs are going to be manhours.

How is paying engineers going to cause brain drain?

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