randompasta@lemmy.todaytoTechnology@lemmy.world•China's New Hypersonic Passenger Plane Can Fly From London to New York in Under 2 HoursEnglish
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2 days agoWon’t happen. The primary reason the Concord failed was that they couldn’t make enough money. Running engines to push a plane that fast are super expensive.
The one where a part from another plane fell off and got ingested into the Concord’s engine? It’s hard to see that as Concord’s fault, but there was significant loss of life and reputation. But that really shouldn’t be characterized as a Concord failure.