Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Yes, seemed like a high bar for a startup. Good for them.
But I guess spacex just flew something that grosses out over 10 million pounds, to 500,000+ feet at mach 25.
There may be some benefit to starting with a clean slate (engineering and philosophically)... boeing sure isn't going to be building any SST's
news flash, neither Boeing or Airbus are going to build SSTs. They know there is no market for it. Sure people will buy tickets, but if you buy a ticket you expect to go. That is what killed the Concorde, spare aircraft. That problem is hard to solve, flying around empty airplanes cuts into your margins.
also, for those that didn’t bother to read the article this was just a technology demonstrator using T-38 engines. Hardly a monumental leap in aviation technology.