NASA has developed a silent supersonic aircraft

NASA has developed a silent supersonic aircraft.
This writes Newsweek.

The east coast air corridor on the west coast of the United States is the busiest in the United States. During a typical day, more than 100 aircraft flew six hours between New York and Los Angeles. Thousands of hours a day daily as passengers pass through colorless, lifeless tubes with low WiFi. And the feeling becomes even worse when you know that there is a technology capable of halving these transcontinental flights. However, airlines can not continue to use it. Again.

The main reason for the ban is noise. When the plane reaches the speed of sound, or 1236 kilometers at the hour, an explosion sound can be heard in all directions. The US Federal Aviation Administration has banned theft of supersonic airliners in the country since 1973. But NASA believes that the problem, solved for decades by the engineers of the US Air Force, has been stalled. aerospace, was finally resolved. The US Space Agency has developed a technology that eliminates noise when traveling at supersonic speed. In April, NASA signed a $ 247.5 million contract with Lockheed Martin for the construction of supersonic, but silent aircraft X-59 QueSST. It will not be intended for passenger transport throughout the United States, but only to prove to the federal tutelage authorities that it is possible to create a fleet of supersonic aircraft that generate no more noise than the regular companies. If the project succeeds, government agencies can lift the ban on supersonic flights in the country.

NASA has already completed the basic design of the aircraft, delicate features that reduce its "acoustic fingerprint". In early November, the Agency plans to begin air testing over Galveston, Texas. The modified military aircraft F / A-18 Hornet will perform a series of maneuvers to create supersonic explosions similar to those that would produce the X-59. At the same time, NASA hired 500 people to record their data with noise. After collecting the data, NASA will communicate it to Lockheed Martin, who will build the X-59 in January 2019. The goal is to prepare to fly a supersonic silent aircraft as early as 2021. After the visit of the aircraft. space agency, the agency will share its findings with federal regulators and aircraft manufacturers who will be able to use the development of NASA in their models.

According to NASA's commercial supersonic technology project manager Peter Cohan, it will be possible to create a passenger correction, which can carry up to 100 passengers.

Recall, NASA's experts who spetsializiruyutsya on the possible existence of extraterrestrial civilizations, said that extraterrestrials could be very different in appearance from the representations of the person.