Dr. Robert (Bob) Novella

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

If you look at the tickets back then, they were priced in today's dollars, many thousands of dollars, and even tens of thousands of dollars, almost twice – about twice – voice-verified

the first class subsonic ticket at the time. voice-verified

And even then the Concorde struggled to be consistently profitable. voice-verified

It was very, very difficult, even with those exorbitant prices that people were paying. voice-verified

And then there's safety. voice-verified

There was safety problems. voice-verified

Remember, there was a crash in 2000. voice-verified

It killed over 113 passengers. voice-verified

That greatly, that was a real turning point. voice-verified

That greatly diminished ticket sales and confidence that people had. voice-verified

And yeah, there was just a crazy thing. voice-verified

Yeah, the tire taking off hit some debris that flew into the wing, which punctured the tank. voice-verified

And like, oh, man, you could imagine just extrapolate from there how bad that got. voice-verified

So those are just a couple of the problems that these planes would experience. voice-verified

There's also the environmental impact, takeoff and landing noise. voice-verified

There's high altitude emissions and there's weight. voice-verified

But finally, one of the greatest barriers for commercial supersonic flight is this iconic sonic boom. voice-verified

And it's that specifically which the X-59 test plane is addressing, that major problem right there. voice-verified

That's basically the purpose of the X-59 test. voice-verified

So it's not specifically addressing these other issues which are important, but it's a sonic boom problem. voice-verified

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