Can We Silence the Sonic Boom?

The Concorde was legendary for its supersonic speed, capable of flying from London to New York in just three and a half hours. So why isn't the airport filled with supersonic jets? It's all because of the sonic boom. Now, companies and institutes like NASA, Lockheed Martin, and Boom Supersonic are looking to bring Mach 1 flight back to commercial air travel, beginning with the X-59 and Overture Planes, and with the recently announced Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act, new legislation is attempting to be brought in to allow these aircrafts to return to flight over land. We speak to Cathy Bahm, the X-59 Project manager from NASA, Larry Cliatt, NASA Aerodynamicist at NASA, Blake Scholl, CEO of Boom Supersonic, and Vik Kachoria, CEO of Spike Aerospace, who explain what the issues are with supersonic travel and how they are engineering their way around these issues in these prototype planes. We also show, in detail, what exactly a sonic boom is and why the sounds is made. Join our YouTube channel by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3asNo2n Find us on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3PM21xW Find us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3t2Huvb Find us on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3wQfXzA Find us on TikTok: https://bit.ly/3wNsBOu Get the latest stories: https://interestingengineering.com/ Support IE for high-quality journalism: https://interestingengineering.com/subscribe