Boom has orders for 76 of its future supersonic passenger jets

Re:Boom has orders for 76 of its future supersonic passenger... by flexie on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:20AM (#15531084)

And yet again someone on HN spends 5 mins reading about a company and concludes that the company has

forgotten / misunderstood / miscalculated / is hiding

something entirely fundamental to their business model.

Look, this is a company with adults on board. It's not just 2-3 kids doing another CRUD app in a domain they are completely new to. It's engineers with education and long careers in aviation. I think they know better than most of us the size of engines, that planes use fuel and what it cost. I think they know the cost of insurance and maintenance and other cost components that go into flying at supersonic speed.

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Re:Boom has orders for 76 of its future supersonic passenger... by icebraining on Monday October 23, 2017 @03:37AM (#15531402)

Right, because marketing speech is never misleading. Say, would you be interested in purchasing some shares on an innovative blood testing company?

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Re:Boom has orders for 76 of its future supersonic passenger... by nether on Monday October 23, 2017 @03:47AM (#15531455)

If it's run by highly experienced biotech scientists, and not a 20-something Stanford dropout, sure.

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Re:Boom has orders for 76 of its future supersonic passenger... by simonh on Monday October 23, 2017 @04:44AM (#15531677)

There’s a difference between sceptical questioning and “there is no way...” from someone who doesn’t appear to be a domain expert and is flat out guessing.

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