@matrix @alyx The Boom is coming by the end of the decade supposedly. Not quite as fast as the Concorde but it’s supposed to be a lot more efficient. Maybe the tickets will even be semi-affordable (will definitely be expensive though).

@dave @matrix
First I heard of this. Not a fan of the name, but if it's good, I can deal with that.

@dave @matrix @alyx Thanks, hadn’t heard of this. Concords were one of my childhood sweet spots.

@sargoysmuck @alyx @matrix They’re claiming ticket prices will be around business class but I suspect that’s optimistic; every business-class traveler is going to take the flight that gets there in around half the time if they can. It makes more sense to assume these tickets will be first-class prices while offering more of a business-class experience, but you get to your destination way faster.

Still, if “taking a supersonic flight” was on your bucket list, it’s something most people could at least save up for.

@dave @alyx @matrix It had more todo with mechanical plane autism. I’ve always been terrified of flying. I remember getting stung by a stingray say one on a vacation and on the way back the hostess took pity on me andlet me see the cockpit mid flight, md90 iirc, and that kinda stopped it.

@dave @sargoysmuck @alyx @matrix I think their business class is when the businesspeople want to fly from the US to Paris for breakfast. I’m thinking Concorde, of course.

The big question might be, “Is the entire fuselage a giant tank of jet fuel?”

@epic @dave @alyx @matrix Funny you ask that, the Concordes were grounded from faulty fuel tanks. And I think shot American tires.

@sargoysmuck @alyx @matrix @dave Got it. The planes were prone to blowing up and they had to replace the tires too often. Two good reasons to ground ‘em right there.😁

@epic @alyx @matrix @dave @sargoysmuck Who cares, Elon gets to kill pedestrians to advance AI.

@polarisera @alyx @matrix @dave @sargoysmuck No wonder the government’s trying to get everyone to walk or cycle everywhere, easy targets!

Elon is said to be quite the entrepreneur, wonder if the rich will be able to buy time on the joystick to rack up some pedestrian points.

Elon can just tell the conservatives he’s cancelling pedos and leave out that it’s pedestrians instead of pedophiles. If US conservatives research it like everything else they sign into law, they won’t read it and it’ll work.

@polarisera @epic @alyx @matrix @dave Oy vey looks like this one needs a central bank.

@sargoysmuck @epic @alyx @matrix The Comet was grounded because they had an unfortunate tendency to disintegrate mid-flight, because the squared-off windows created pressure points which were subject to too much fatigue stress when pressurization kicked in.

I guess the lesson here is that if it’s cutting-edge, and it’s British, don’t fly in it.