NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims to

  • Meowoem@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Yeah but looking out the window as your plane crashes isn’t going to change the fiery death that a system shutdown on a modern airliner will inevitably bring.

    I get what you’re saying but a window is a structural trade off too, they’ve obviously done the testing and determined it’s a sensible design choice