Can Boom Supersonic Succeed Where the Concorde Failed?
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Can Boom Supersonic Succeed Where the Concorde Failed?
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#2> To put that into perspective, a Tesla travels at 250 miles per hour
Is this how you write super-relatable PR pieces now?
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#3> Boom plans to use fuel made from carbon removed from the atmosphere, meaning that supersonic travel will be carbon neutral from day one.
If this is economically viable - say, within a factor of 3 of current fuel prices - it sounds like it would be the solution to climate change. I am skeptical.
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#4"...where Concorde failed?"
Hold on, when did Concorde "fail"? Concorde was profitable: https://simpleflying.com/did-british-airways-make-a-profit-f...
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The reasons for Concorde's discontinuation are legion - I think even if it weren't for the 2000 Air France crash it would have been discontinued simply due to the age of the fleet, what other airlines are still running 50+ year-old airframes today? Let alone those with very inefficient engines by today's standards.
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#5> Boom plans to use fuel made from carbon removed from the atmosphere, meaning that supersonic travel will be carbon neutral from day one. If this is economically viable - say, within a factor of 3 of current fuel prices - it sounds like it would be the solution to climate change. I am skeptical.
It’s not BOOM but Rolls Royce have an idea of using one of their Small Modular Reactors to generate synthetic aviation fuel at only double the cost of normal stuff.
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Rolls-Royce-on-t...
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#6"...where Concorde failed?" Hold on, when did Concorde "fail"? Concorde was profitable: https://simpleflying.com/did-british-airways-make-a-profit-f... ---- The reasons for Concorde's discontinuation are legion - I think even if it weren't for the 2000 Air France crash it would have been discontinued simply due to the age of the fleet, what other airlines are still running 50+ year-old airframes today? Let alone thos…
But it didn't refresh its fleet, either. The Concorde itself might've been successful, but supersonic flight mostly died with it.
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#7Ambitious project, it’s great to see people going big even if it’s a long shot.
Name is a little off putting, plane go boom is usually a bad thing.
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#8I will never understand why Boom chose such a terrible name.
Of course it is a novelty to hear a sonic boom once or twice, but who wants to hear them repeatedly? I imagine they will fly mostly overwater like Concorde, but why remind people on the ground of the most annoying thing that a supersonic flight does?
Much worse, as safe and reliable as they can build and fly these airplanes, eventually there will be a flight that does not make it to a safe landing. When that happens, there will be a loud...
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#9Ambitious project, it’s great to see people going big even if it’s a long shot. Name is a little off putting, plane go boom is usually a bad thing.
Right?! I also did a double take when he say he ‘crashed’ the Virgin Galactic event.
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#10I will never understand why Boom chose such a terrible name. Of course it is a novelty to hear a sonic boom once or twice, but who wants to hear them repeatedly? I imagine they will fly mostly overwater like Concorde, but why remind people on the ground of the most annoying thing that a supersonic flight does? Much worse, as safe and reliable as they can build and fly these airplanes, eventually there will be a fligh…
For me it's instead a really cool name.