Why We Still Don't Have Hypersonic Flights

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JMP offers a 30-day free trial for anyone, anywhere. Go to https://www.jmp.com/scishow to see the benefits of visual statistics for yourself. If you're old enough to remember the Concorde (whether or not you ever flew in one), you might also be wondering why engineers haven't gotten around to developing an even *faster* commercial aircraft. Something hypersonic, which could get you from LA to Tokyo in something like 2 hours. Well, there's a reason, or several, so let's break it down. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Eric Jensen, Garrett Galloway, Jp Lynch, Toyas Dhake, Lyndsay Brown, Friso, Cye Stoner, Chris Mackey, Jeremy Mattern, Matt Curls, Chris Curry, Fahmy Issa, Reed Spilmann, David Johnston, J.V. Rosenbalm, Jaap Westera, Blood Doctor Kelly, Adam Brainard, Bethany Matthews, Piya Shedden, Jason A Saslow, Joseph Ruf, Kevin Bealer, Kevin Knupp, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Steve Gums ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scishow.bsky.social #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vSe1isN1292RwqslXN-aJ16_fQmGxXpJxIEqMxZikSCkjUHEFX0RN4hVQ-ltpL-9KNMxc_98Ks3VFVE/pub