NASA Tackles Quieter Supersonics
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NASA and industry have made substantial progress in minimizing sonic booms by carefully shaping aircraft to control the shockwaves. But a sonic boom is a complex phenomenon, and what works in steady flight might not work so well at other times. Accelerating and turning can cause the shockwaves to...
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