NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet is cleared for final assembly

NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet is cleared for final assembly

NASA’s experimental X-59 jet,

which could make supersonic commercial travel a reality, has been cleared for final assembly. The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft,

designed by Lockheed Martin, could take its first flight as soon as 2021.

This is NASA’s first large-scale, piloted x-plane (or experimental aircraft) in more than three decades, and its goal is to reduce the loudness of a sonic boom to more of a sonic thump.

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https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/17/nasa-x59-supersonic-jet-assembly/