A Chinese aerospace company has successfully completed the first test flight of a groundbreaking hypersonic passenger aircraft.

  • Hirom@beehaw.org
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    18 days ago

    There’s the environmental impact: these ultra-fast planes burn through massive amounts of fuel, releasing far more emissions than regular aircraft

    Hypersonic flights are a way to get us to a NON-inhabitable earth faster than ever before.

  • Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org
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    19 days ago

    This feels like a “may be able to” situation. Once they’ve completed a flight from New York to London, I can get on board with the notion of them being able to fly from New York to London.