Why Bringing Back Supersonic Is Almost Impossible | The Limit | Business Insider

The last time anyone other than a fighter pilot went supersonic was 20 years ago. Today you can only visit a Concorde in a handful of museums, it’s a relic, left behind by an industry that invested in efficiency rather than speed. Now companies are investing billions of dollars in bringing commercial Mach speed flight back, but this path to supersonic travel isn’t going to be easy. Business Insider’s Daniel Allen looks at the key reasons that bringing supersonic back is almost impossible.

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