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Re:Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights by motivated_gear on Friday January 04, 2019 @05:37PM (#18828396)
The R&D that went into your phone can be derived from wall street types buying cell phones in the 90s.

As technology gets better, the probability that it will become affordable to the masses increases greatly. It's not guaranteed, but its definitely non-zero.

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Re:Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights by darkpuma on Friday January 04, 2019 @07:19PM (#18829009)
The miniaturization of transistors ain't jet science.
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Re:Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights by smt88 on Saturday January 05, 2019 @08:54AM (#18831635)
We don't even want it to become affordable to the masses because it uses exponentially more fuel. That's part of the problem.
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Re:Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights by motivated_gear on Monday January 07, 2019 @01:52PM (#18848594)
A car consumes exponentially more fuel than a horse
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