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Re:Concorde ‘B’ by jandrese on Monday May 07, 2018 @03:46PM (#17015859)
You might as well complain about how they don't power their aircraft with unicorn farts.

I have never even seen a proposal for a supersonic electric engine. The only thing that's even remotely close is a bit of dabbling in nuclear engines in the 50s and 60s that were cancelled once people noticed that the idea was insane. Also, impractical--the radiation shielding was too heavy.

Re:Concorde ‘B’ by rsynnott on Monday May 07, 2018 @07:13PM (#17017262)
There were a few test flights; it was _doable_, though probably not economic.