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Jun 2024
48m 17s

The Quesst for Low Sonic Booms

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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Aerospace engineers discuss NASA’s Quesst mission and the X-59 aircraft designed to fly faster than the speed of sound and test the future of supersonic travel. HWHAP Episode 341.  
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