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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by JohnJamesRambo on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @10:54AM (#32483580)
Can someone do the math on how much sustainable energy we would be wasting so people could get somewhere faster than a normal plane?
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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by jackmott42 on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @11:14AM (#32483886)
Wind resistance is supra linear naturally, but its also a more aerodynamic plane than a normal one, but also carries less passengers.

Its prolly something like 5x-10x worse.

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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by JohnJamesRambo on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @12:47PM (#32485392)
Good Lord.
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