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Re:United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic by ksec on Thursday June 03, 2021 @04:01PM (#27386539)
>That's to be expected - press releases focus on super-optimistic specs and timelines.

It is only in US and Silicon Valley that it is called Super Optimistic. Many parts of the world look at the difference in projected TimeLine from 2020 to 2029 ( A difference of 9X ) and we call that BS or flat out lying.

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Re:United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic by andromeduck on Thursday June 03, 2021 @04:18PM (#27386751)
mid-2020s should probably be read as more ~2025 +/- 1
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Re:United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic by JumpCrisscross on Thursday June 03, 2021 @04:28PM (#27386870)
> mid-2020s should probably be read as more ~2025 +/- 1

Estimating mid-2020s on a start-up’s new platform and landing it in 2028 is a massive win and far from B.S.

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Re:United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic by ksec on Friday June 04, 2021 @01:39PM (#27396356)
My fault. In that case those statement are perfectly fine in my book. Thanks for pointing it out.
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