Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 166: Bringing Back Supersonic Flight
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Andres Almeida (Host): For decades, flying faster than the speed of sound over land has been off-limits for commercial passengers. But it’s not speed that’s really the limit. It’s sound. Sonic booms, to be precise. On this episode of Small Steps, Giant Leaps, we explore how NASA is working to bring supersonic flight back quietly with the X-59 experimental plane. Our guest is David “Nils” Larson, lead research pilot […]