Why Supersonic Transportation Many ask the question, why do we need supersonic transportation? Supersonic transportation is a technology that has not been perfected as it raises to many environmental and safety questions to date. The reason for it’s existence is speed and time, along with the fact that every technology that is discovered is almost always improved to be quicker and faster. In today’s fast paced world we look anywhere we can to …showed first 75 words of 1843 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1843 total…atmosphere like a stone, at the speed of Mach 10, is the Hypersoar. Not yet into the full development stage, the concept was developed and mainly promoted by Jason Speyer, an aerospace engineer at the University of California, Los Angeles. The plane would make a regular take of on a regular runway and then jet into the atmosphere and skitter along with engine assist until reaching the point that it needed to jet back to earth.