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Re:Boom Supersonic raises $33M to build the fastest airplane... by nl on Thursday March 23, 2017 @07:18AM (#13938794)
NY -> SFO is 6 hours+ commercial. Cutting that in half makes it possible to do a return flight in a day.
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Re:Boom Supersonic raises $33M to build the fastest airplane... by bryanlarsen on Thursday March 23, 2017 @07:37AM (#13938877)
There are lots of people who do that already, they just take a red eye in one direction.

So their quality of life may go up if they could take a super sonic, but I'm not sure it would expand the market much: either way it's a crappy day and you only do it if you absolutely need to.

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Re:Boom Supersonic raises $33M to build the fastest airplane... by nl on Thursday March 23, 2017 @11:46AM (#13940795)
I think you underestimate the price elasticity of business travel.
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