Dr. Robert (Bob) Novella

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Dr. Robert (Bob) Novella’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe · The Skeptics Guide #1063 - Nov 22 2025 podcast

It only flew, as I said before, at a boring 230 miles per hour at 12,000 feet. voice-verified

But it was still a historic test for this experimental X-plane. voice-verified

Yeah, this is basically a 12,000-foot shakedown cruise, right? voice-verified

This is the shakedown cruise because this plane was built – voice-verified

It's not like they just added – they screwed on a few things over a conventional plane. voice-verified

This is an experimental plane designed from the ground up. voice-verified

So they wanted to make sure that this thing actually flies and it's a huge milestone for any X-plane to have that first cruise and it's not doing what it was specifically designed to do but it can fly and all the components are working together. voice-verified

So that was the goal of this flight. voice-verified

But now what happens, you have the real test campaign is going to begin. voice-verified

So in the near future, we should hopefully be reading about this test plane, this X-59, hitting Mach 1.4, which is about 925 miles per hour and at 55,000 feet. voice-verified

So soon after that, what's going to happen is that they're going to fly it over various communities in the United States, not only to record and assess these new sonic thumps, voice-verified

But also and primarily to interview people to see what their impressions are of these sonic thumps. voice-verified

Is this something – could you live near an airport where you hear this multiple times a day? voice-verified

Is that something that would be – would cause problems or would you be annoyed? voice-verified

What are your impressions? voice-verified

That's what they're going to do, which is something that doesn't really happen. voice-verified

Typically, when you have an X plane that's flying, it flies over a specific area, a military area. voice-verified

It's not going to go over communities. voice-verified

But this one, we need to do this. voice-verified

We need this real-world data and see what people's impressions are. voice-verified

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