NASA Begins Work to Build a Quieter Supersonic Passenger Jet

[Confounding]

I'm so glad NASA got more funding and is working on other projects like this. Let's increase their 2018 budget even more!

NASA Begins Work to Build a Quieter Supersonic Passenger Jet

The return of supersonic passenger air travel is one step closer to reality with NASA's award of a contract for the preliminary design of a “low boom” flight demonstration aircraft. This is the first in a series of ‘X-planes’ in NASA's New Aviation Horizons initiative, introduced in the agency’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

This should be done by the private sector. Whenever the Goverment is involved the costs skyrocket. Stick to space NASA.