Boom's supersonic airliner is going to be 30% more efficient than the Concorde: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJkM-ykKRxg …
It's actually pretty impressive that with 1960s technology the Concorde's designers came within 30% of what's possible today.
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Innovation is like a muscle
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Is the speed worth the cost? esp considering the efficiency gains in subsonic airliners in same period are significantly greater?
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it's not about speed, it's about time, different people value their time differently
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Not to denigrate the Boom team, but you seem to be assuming that what they're doing is the best possible today?
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Moore's law is an IT-only phenomenon, a fact forgotten by those expecting geometric growth out of hardware companies
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Anybody addressing the high-altitude CO injection?
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fuel efficiency and sonic booms, thoughhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_sonic_boom_tests …
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both execution problems not intrinsic to speed. Grounding to remember that non digital problems can be decades long
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Can't decide if mid air refuelling for commercial jets is exciting or terrifying
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well... the Concorde was only 30% more efficient than what came 50 years before it ;)pic.twitter.com/pgOck73Dxf
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