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    Das japanische Team hat den ersten erfolgreichen Triebwerkstest für Mach-5-Flugzeuge absolviert und plant zweistündige Flüge in die USA

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    2. vector_search_blue on

      Commercial service on the Concorde never paid back its development costs.

    5. officerboba on

      Redditors are such doomers and pessimistic, this comment thread is a great example of that. Like, touch some grass folks.

    6. RedditSuxDonkeyNutz on

      So maybe the east coast can finally get some Japanese baseball players?!?!

    10. milsurp-guy on

      Love the Reddit wisdom of “it’s doomed like the Concorde!”, while completely ignoring how this tech is fundamentally different and has pretty significant defense applications.

    13. iprocrastina on

      Looks like it’s still very early in development, they’re aiming for 2040 release. The crazy part is thst assuming the two hours means a flight from Tokyo to the west coast, a connecting flight to the east coast would take longer than your flight across the Pacific.

      Looking at the concept though I hope the plane can carry more than just a handful of passengers or else the ticket prices are going to be astronomical. Granted that’s how Concord was too so it wouldn’t be surprising, but I’m guessing this will really only be an option for people who normally fly first class on international flights.

      But damn, this would be a game changer for international travel. You could get to Australia in a few hours from the US or Europe instead of the current ~24 hours it takes.

    15. speculatrix on

      You’ll still waste quite a few hours in the airport, either pre-flight checking in then going through security etc, or after landing waiting on baggage or passport control.

    16. theBacillus on

      TIL that going fast is hard „Parts of the aircraft would face temperatures of about 1,000 degrees Celsius as air is compressed,:

    18. brainrotxx on

      thats insane time saving from an +18 hour trip depending on conditions. how am i going to read my book or play my steam deck?! when you’re settled in and having a snack then a short nap you’re already arriving. crazy

      ive been on long flights with stupid crying babies the entire way so shorter time helps A LOT.

    19. DckThik on

      That’s great, some of the billionaires are trying to leave the planet and the others are trying to get around the planet quickly

    20. TheGhostOfFalunGong on

      Hulk Hogan’s claim of him working 400 days a year would make more sense now.

    25. mangalore-x_x on

      I mean, cool, To me the main question is the practical reality.

      The engineering was solvable decades ago, that e.g. wasn’t the problem for Concorde and a bunch of other projects were cancelled for reasons other than feasibility. It was cost, regulation and low passenger/fuel efficiency.

      That said kinda in hindsight strange Concorde never tried to serve the Pacific routes. Large ocean with no civilization complaining about noise pollution sounds great.

      But maybe range and passenger count back then did not suffice

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