This experimental NASA plane will try to break the sound barrier—quietly

This experimental NASA plane will try to break the sound barrier—quietly

Post Views: 88 The X-59 QueSST—a mashup of Quiet Supersonic Technology—made the trip from California to a Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas, to undergo what’s known as a proof test. “The airplane has been designed with some fairly sophisticated tools,” says Walt Silva, a senior research scientist with NASA and the program’s structures…