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NASA is showering one city with sonic booms and hoping no one notices

NASA has been deliberately creating sonic booms off the coast of Galveston, Texas, since Monday in the hope that residents on the barrier island community won't be too bothered by the sound of an F/A-18 aircraft briefly going supersonic.

That's because the research jet is performing a dive maneuver designed to reduce the normally thunderous sonic boom to what NASA calls a "quiet thump," more like the sound of a car door slamming.

The test flights are aimed at measuring the community response to the new, quieter booms and are part of NASA's larger effort to develop a new, more muted supersonic plane that might be able to fly over land.

Previously: NASA Quesst Project - Quiet Supersonic Transport
Concorde Without the Cacophony: NASA Thinks It's Cracked Quiet Supersonic Flight
NASA Tests Light, Foldable Plane Wings for Supersonic Flights
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NASA Awards Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Contract to Lockheed Martin

Original Submission

1. "upstart" - https://soylentnews.org/~upstart/
2. "NASA is showering one city with sonic booms and hoping no one notices" - https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-is-showering-one-city-with-sonic-booms-and-hoping-no-one-notices/
3. "F/A-18 aircraft briefly going supersonic" - https://www.cnet.com/news/how-nasa-makes-your-airplane-flights-better-than-ever/
4. "NASA's larger effort to develop a new, more muted supersonic plane" - https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-announces-first-test-flights-for-a-quieter-sonic-boom/
5. "NASA Quesst Project - Quiet Supersonic Transport" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/03/01/2215252
6. "Concorde Without the Cacophony: NASA Thinks It's Cracked Quiet Supersonic Flight" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/06/27/1843241
7. "NASA Tests Light, Foldable Plane Wings for Supersonic Flights" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/01/30/0337208
8. "Trump Administration Supports NASA's Quieter Supersonic Plane Design" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/02/14/0327242
9. "NASA Awards Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Contract to Lockheed Martin" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/04/04/0432250
10. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=29983

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