Dr. Robert (Bob) Novella

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

Because when they did this test in the 60s with supersonic commercial flights, the feedback that people gave was not very good. voice-verified

And I don't think – it never got good. voice-verified

That's when I think maybe it was at that point that they said that, yeah, you can't fly over land, and that was one of the major problems with the Concorde. voice-verified

It could be supersonic over the ocean but not over the land, and that was a major problem. voice-verified

For any supersonic plane, you want to be able to fly supersonically over land, and they couldn't even do that. voice-verified

So if regulators are convinced that the thump is tolerable, this may be the first domino to fall for the true return of commercial supersonic flight. voice-verified

And of course, as I mentioned, other hurdles remain like the environmental and climate impacts need to be addressed. voice-verified

And you actually have to make this into a viable business. voice-verified

You have to make money. voice-verified

One of the many problems with the Concorde is it was not making enough money or sometimes – voice-verified

no money at all. voice-verified

It just wasn't a consistent moneymaker and that was one of the things that would kill any business very quickly. voice-verified

But for the first time since the Concorde retired, we now seem to have a plausible path for a future with airliners traveling twice as fast as they do now with no one cringing over the inevitable boom that just never will come this time hopefully. voice-verified

So fingers crossed, definitely going to track this. voice-verified

I hope to fly on one of these at some point voice-verified

before I lurch into the ground as well. voice-verified

So we'll see what happens. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

I was like, yeah, that's the goal. voice-verified

They want to make the technology. voice-verified

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