How about traveling to any part of the world in just 2 hours! Amazing, right? Well, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, is planning to launch an Suborbital Flights that will be able to take you anywhere in the world in 2 hours.
According to the latest news, NASA has launched the X-59, which has a speed of almost 1,500 km per hour. It plans to launch X-59′ Son of Concorde, because X-59 will be smaller and slower than Concorde.
The new launch is said to reduce travel time from New York to London by around 3 hours and 30 minutes. According to new research published by the British Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the London-Sydney flight, which currently takes 22 hours, could be reduced to just two hours.
The X-59 represents ‘Quiet Supersonic Technology,’ which aims to create a “sonic” thump instead of the disruptive sonic boom produced when breaking sound barriers. The suborbital flights have similarities to the rockets used by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin program and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic. Operating at a maximum speed of 3500 kilometers, with a speed of 5632 km / hour, these flights offer the prospect of saving significant time.
In addition, according to NASA, when an airplane exceeds the speed of sound, shock waves are generated that spread out of the airplane. Often, these shock waves combine, creating chaotic sonic booms, which can be heard for miles on both sides of the runway. However, the X-59 was specifically designed to avoid the collision of these shock waves, making the sound waves heavier than the sound waves of other aircraft. produces.
If reports are to go by, a single-seated X-59 will be about 100 ft long, with a wingspan of just 29.5 ft and a height of 14 ft, like for example, a trip from New York to London can be completed in less than an hour.
