Australia Joins the Race for Supersonic Flight

Re:Australia Joins the Race for Supersonic Flight by aerophilic on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @12:28PM (#27132153)

While I applaud this activity… I wonder if Starship long term may make this obsolete.

When you can go point to point anywhere on earth in about 30 mins, and only have to worry about the sonic boom during Re-entry, may be the more likely solution.

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Re:Australia Joins the Race for Supersonic Flight by zardo on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @12:55PM (#27132454)

I'm pretty skeptical you could get approval to do daily launch service anywhere near most major cities.

Especially in a world where super sonic passenger aircraft are flying.

If Starship does suborbital passenger service, I expect it will be limited to a handful of routes.

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Re:Australia Joins the Race for Supersonic Flight by aerophilic on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @01:11PM (#27132667)

I agree… but you only need strategically placed “hubs” that you can connect to. Similar to our previous hub and spike model for previous travel. This can bring a trip to New York -> Tokyo down to 3 hours.

I still suspect that the number of issues for overland super sonic is going to have similar issues as starling landings…

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