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Re:The Soviet Union’s Flawed Rival to Concorde by Already__Taken on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @01:01PM (#15500791)
The F9 makes a pretty disgusting triple boom on landing so I can't see the bfr being better in that respect.
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Re:The Soviet Union’s Flawed Rival to Concorde by btilly on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @06:10PM (#15503686)
Per SpaceX's plans, the landing would be some miles away from people.

A supersonic jet makes a sonic boom on the ground over its whole trajectory. That's what makes it undesirable for overland travel.

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