NASA Langley researchers assessed the feasibility of commercial supersonic transports, leading to the development of methods to study the environmental impacts of supersonic flight.
Our work understanding Earth’s atmosphere started in the early 1970s when NASA Langley was tasked with assessing the feasibility of commercial supersonic transports.
In order to address concerns raised about pollutants from a potential future fleet of supersonic transports, researchers developed the means and methods to study the environmental impacts of supersonic flight.
Credit: NASA/Langley Research Center
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