Socially and commercially, the last thing the marketplace will support is another exclusive service on top of the already hideously expensive and completely miserable experience that is commercial air travel. That was the true reason Concorde ended. All it took was one good wreck to give the excuse to exit what was a service to the wealthy that existed only as a matter of national pride.
The environmentalists will reasonably point out the emissions per passenger mile will not suit in today's climate (pun intended). Already, the hypocrisy of celebs flying about in private jets whilst lecturing us on social/environmental issues is becoming noticed.
While I really enjoyed the engineering enthusiasm, I have to wonder if this really is a solution for a demand that isn't there; an answer looking for a question. The one thing unasked and rather swept under the carpet is the question of why. Why is hypersonics in commercial transport even a proposal?
Other than the military hypersonic NOE cruise-missile thing the Chinese are ahead of us (theoretically) on, there really is no compelling commercial case offered regarding a civil application. I can't help but feel that, beyond the undeniably outstanding techno-masturbation potential and the military applications, this dog just ain't gonna hunt.
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