The space agency is reportedly testing out a revolutionary new "low-boom" supersonic plane that could see passengers journey from London to New York in the space of three hours.The new X-59 aircraft is due to be tested out by the space agency early next year in the hope of filling the void left by Concorde – which operated between Europe and the USA from the 1970s to 2003.However, internal supersonic flights – those capable of reaching 343 meters per second, or 761 miles per hour, and which produces a huge booming sound effect – were already banned in the USA in 1973 due to the disruption sonic booms cause.Scientists now think they have devised a way of muffling the sound caused by breaking the sound barrier – which could pave the way for.
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