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Re:United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic by ceejayoz on Thursday June 03, 2021 @12:29PM (#27383728)
> It took Boeing, a company with vast amounts of experience developing airplanes, close to ten years to create the 787.

This is a bit like saying SpaceX's Starship isn't possible because Boeing's SLS is costly and delayed. "If Boeing can't do it, it must be tough" is no longer the same statement it would've been in the 1960s.

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Re:United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic by rootusrootus on Thursday June 03, 2021 @01:15PM (#27384379)
Airbus, if you would like an alternative comparison, kicked off development of the A350 in 2005 and the maiden flight was in 2013, eight years later.

Boom hasn't even finished the scale prototype they've been promising for a while, much less started development on an actual full size plane. If they ever fly the plane, it will be more than a decade from now.

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Re:United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic by cma on Thursday June 03, 2021 @08:26PM (#27389085)
> This is a bit like saying SpaceX's Starship isn't possible because Boeing's SLS is costly and delayed.

SpaceX also says they'll have operational cross-earth passenger service for less than business class ticket by the end of 2028. I'd gladly take a bet against that.

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Re:United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic by rootusrootus on Friday June 04, 2021 @11:29AM (#27394578)
> I'd gladly take a bet against that.

So would I. It sounds like the kind of dreamy claim Elon likes to make for Tesla that he routinely misses.

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