NASA is pursuing the quest to make Sonic Booms a Sonic Wimper. I've heard this said that the only thing preventing widespread commercial super sonic flights is the huge sonic boom that is made in the wake of an aircraft. Nobody likes to hear sonic booms crashing through their bedroom windows on a daily basis apparently.
If this is true then developing a supersonic design that mitigates the sonic boom could lead to a huge advance in airline travel. But I've heard of studies going on for years.
Maybe if they got some private company to partner with NASA, the research stuff would get done. Otherwise this sounds like another one of those projects from NASA that seems to drone out for years until finally they abadon it for the shear moula that's been dished out without showing any tangible results.
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