NASA, Lockheed Martin Reveal X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft

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• CptEnder@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Looks like 1950s retro futurism version of a jet

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  • comrade19@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In the future people will even be able to play chess with someone across the world, and even order a pizza to their door on the telephone.

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    • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      and even order a pizza to their door on the telephone.

      While living on the moon. (50s futurists aimed high.)

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• Assman@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You can’t fool me. That’s an H type Nubian yacht from star wars.

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• Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If they are taking about an “X-59” it’s because the classified tests on the “X-109” went well.

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  • Aurix@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What is the X-109?

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    • Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s classified.

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• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This appears to be designed for taking out zeppelins

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• JTskulk@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “NASA aims to gather data that could revolutionize air travel, paving the way for a new generation of commercial aircraft that can travel faster than the speed of sound.”

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  • HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Which is definitely just a cover because for some reason they don’t want to admit they’re actually developing supersonic stealth planes for the military. Probably because they’re using people’s tax money to do it and tons of Americans are already sick of how much funding their military gets.

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    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think that is definitely just a cover because they don’t want to admit they’re they’ve actually developing developed supersonic stealth planes for the military.

      Ftfy

      What they reveal openly is usually from years ago. A couple aerospace friends are always like "yea, we heard scuttlebut about that about 5 years ago, so that means it was already a thing 10 years ago*, haha.

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    • RagingRobot@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well hiding the giant boom is probably a good stepping stone to that so yeah

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    • grayman@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      From the eyewitness accounts of whistle blowers, traditional propulsion and modern propulsion are old tech compared to what they have today. Silent and extremely fast already exists.

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• hal_5700X@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Looks like something you will see in Ace Combat.

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• peopleproblems@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Guys, check out the cockpit.

  I know technology is wildly advanced and he probably has a 360 view now, but other than test pilots, who are you going to get to fly a plane that lacks a forward view?

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  • TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    One of the material issues with supersonic is friction heat buildup. Probably can’t have a front windshield at that speed.

    Cameras and instrumentation will do just fine tho

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    • Ducky@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The heat is from compression, not friction. And besides that, this thing is only flying at mach 1.5, there are TONS of aircraft that fly at those speeds (and much faster) with windshields.

      The reason it doesn’t have a front windshield is because the change in shape of the aircraft at the windshield, to be more vertical, was disrupting their method of reducing the sonic boom. The aircraft needs the shape it has, so a windshield would have to be like 20 feet long to offer any forward visibility.

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    With that huge honker of a nose, it’s not like you’d see much anyway. Entire cities could hide behind that

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  • Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Looks like there’s a forward facing camera.

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  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    but other than test pilots, who are you going to get to fly a plane that lacks a forward view?

    This plane will only be flown by test pilots. Its a technology demonstrator. Researchers build one of these to test concepts in physics in the real world.

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  • dasJot@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No instruments, just a microphone to talk to ChatGPT.

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    • rckclmbr@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Basically Stealth IRL.

      BTW, fucking coolest, most underrated movie ever IMO

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  • Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    With that speed you aren’t able to react to anything visible in the flightpath anyway 💨

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    • AstroTechie@lemdro.id ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not supersonic during landing or taxing, which I guess is when a direct view would be more useful.

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  • z00s@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You know planes fly at night yeah, when you can’t see things

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    • peopleproblems@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh of course. Landing might not be fun though.

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  • Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    laughs in P-51 mustang

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• sighofannoyance@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Define quiet…

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  • vind@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The Sonic Boom will sound more like your neighbours car door closing than an explosion

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    • Simulation6@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A sonic thump could still be very disturbing. Maybe not break windows, but induce panic I a lot of people.

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    • sighofannoyance@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Maybe we just have different ideas of what quiet is…

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    • KevonLooney@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Even regular planes have negative effects on the neighborhoods they take off and land over. This is definitely going to be worse.

      I’ll only believe the “low noise” PR if it flies supersonic directly over Malibu or the Hamptons and Nantucket.

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  • AstroTechie@lemdro.id ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    youtu.be/2jAH-51feAA

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    • june@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Great video. Thanks for sharing.

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• rickdg@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s like a blind Pinocchio flying at the speed of sound controlled by a touch screen. 2024, ladies and gents.

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  • Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What an ignorant statement…

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    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It was a joke.

      But no, I don’t believe it’s controlled with a touch screen. Though it is “daring” shall we say… to make a plane with no cockpit windows.

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  • doublejay1999@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You don’t need any aeronautical experience to fly it, but you need a 28” waist.

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• crystalmerchant@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Across both teams, talented, dedicated, and passionate scientists, engineers, and production artisans have collaborated to develop and produce this aircraft,” said John Clark, vice president and general manager at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works.

  What the hell is a production artisan?

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  • SpaceCadet@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Someone with the skills and knowledge to “manually” produce some of the many one-off parts that went into this prototype.

    The scientists and engineers may know what kind of part is needed, but it takes a different skillset to produce it.

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    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So like the welders for the Russian rocket engines that were produced 50 years ago? Seems those welds are something we aren’t sure how they did it.

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  • detalferous@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Individuals that sell billion dollar paintings to the Pentagon.

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    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lol, people with no sense of humor downvoting you.

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• RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Flying hypodermic needle.

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• BigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yep. Yes. Ahuh… According to my notes this is what we needed…

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• markr@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There is zero need to revive SSTs. We need to focus on slow transport using renewable energy.

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  • eluvatar@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can use sailboats if you want, no one is stopping you

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  • Meowoem@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Using SAF especially e fuels it could actually turn out to be a very environmentally sustainable mode of transport for long flights.

    Plus if people flew to a sustainable resorts rather than take a cruse for example it’d be far better.

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• bloopernova@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Reminds me of a pterosaur somehow.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Considering that splitting supersonic shockwaves in the air is kind of analogous to splitting the water when plunge-diving for fish (which at least some pterosaurids are hypothesized to have done), that makes sense.

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  • Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Maybe their ability to go to the bathroom without making any noise was the inspiration?

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• Daxtron2@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But does the snoot droop

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• AncientEther@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How about survey what the birds think?

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  • MataVatnik@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    "Ooh Yeh"

    • Bird commenting on X-59 project

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• Ejh3k@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Imagine dying because you got shish kabobbed by that thing.

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  • prime_number_314159@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My great uncle said he hoped for a quiet death.

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