James Less

January 20, 2024
10am – 2pm
Talk begins at 11am ($2 donation)

X-59 the centerpiece of NASA’s QueSST mission!
(Quiet Supersonic Flight Over Land)

James Less, project pilot for the X-59 aircraft will give this outstanding presentation!

The X-59 is designed to demonstrate the ability to fly supersonic, or faster than Mach 1, while reducing the loud sonic boom to a quiet sonic thump. NASA will then fly the X-59 over several communities to gather data on human responses to the sound generated during supersonic flight. NASA will deliver that data set to U.S. and international regulators to possibly enable commercial supersonic flight over land. NASA hopes the ban on commercial supersonic flight over land can be lifted by replacing the loud sonic boom with a softer sonic “thump.” A sonic boom happens when the shock waves from an object traveling through the air faster than the speed of sound merge together before they reach the ground. Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, about 110 decibels, like the sound of an explosion or a thunderclap.

Talk begins at 11:00 a.m. in MASP Board Room (enter through the Voyager Restaurant)

Seating limited and RSVP required to attend talk.
Please RSVP: cathy@mojavemuseum.org or 661.342.0604

Donation for talk $2.00

DAY OF INFO

PLEASE NO SMOKING AND NO DOGS OR OTHER ANIMALS ON THE FLIGHT LINE

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