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NASA Aims To Bring Back Concorde-style Supersonic Travel
US space agency funds eight studies into commercial supersonic jets
NASA is investing more than $2.3 million in research that could mean the return of Concorde-style commercial supersonic flight.
Eight studies funded by the US space agency will be carried out by universities and key players in the aviation industry and will look at reducing the noise made by sonic booms as well as limiting high-altitude emissions from supersonic jets.
The supersonic Concorde first went into service as a passenger airliner in 1976 and was capable of travelling at Mach 2.04 - more than twice the speed of sound.
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However, there have been no commercial supersonic flights since Concorde was grounded in 2003 following the airplane's only crash in 2000. Only 14 of the the supersonic jets were ever in service, with the planes divided up evenly between British Airways and Air France.
NASA's research could potentially pave the way for a new generation of supersonic jet that would cut transatlanctic travel time in half.
