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Supersonic commercial travel once existed but was decommissioned due to loudness. Why is breaking the sound barrier so loud?  Take a look at the video…


“Since the Concorde’s final landing at London’s Heathrow Airport nearly a decade ago, commercial supersonic air travel has been as elusive as a piece of lost luggage. However, this hasn’t stopped NASA from continuing the quest to develop solutions that will help get supersonic passenger travel off the ground once more.”