$8.7 billion program to study repairing the sound barrier

[Little-Acorn]

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http://finance.townhall.com/columnis...7603/page/full

Al Gore at Work: $8.7 Billion to 'Repair Sound Barrier'?
Mark Baisley | Aug 19, 2013

This past Thursday, the Obama Administration quietly introduced a new endeavor intended to address the environmental effects of manmade objects that travel at supersonic speeds. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney revealed the program, adding that, “In the eight years preceding this Administration, no attention was given to residual supersonic atmospheric disturbances, especially on healthcare costs. This President will step up where others before him would not.”

Put simply, how do we repair the sound barrier?

The massive program, funded at an estimated $8.7 billion, is comprised of both research and policy advancements. The science will be provided in a joint effort between two national laboratories, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado and Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois. Regulatory measures will be implemented and enforced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) out of Washington, D.C.

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy stated in a written release Friday that, “We are proud to accept this responsible position as world citizens in owning up to the effects of our historical aggression with air speed.” Andrea Saul, spokesperson for NCAR, added that, “The sound barrier is there for a reason. It is high time that we understand the cumulative effects of breaking it.”

The Department of Energy’s Fermilab communicated their commitment to the program with actions much louder than words. On July 23, the high-energy physics lab took delivery of a 50-foot-wide electromagnet that will be devoted to the research project. The enormous device traveled 3,200 miles over 35 days across land, oceans, and rivers to make its way to its Illinois destination (see photos and videos of the big move here). Fermilab scientists will use the device to study the positions of air particles at the moment of the transonic zone, the point at which an object moves from subsonic to supersonic. “This task is a welcome focus for us after retiring the Tevatron proton-antiproton accelerator two years ago.”


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[glockmail]

This is a joke, right?

[Larrymc]

Offered without comment.

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http://finance.townhall.com/columnis...7603/page/full

Al Gore at Work: $8.7 Billion to 'Repair Sound Barrier'?
Mark Baisley | Aug 19, 2013

This past Thursday, the Obama Administration quietly introduced a new endeavor intended to address the environmental effects of manmade objects that travel at supersonic speeds. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney revealed the program, adding that, “In the eight years preceding this Administration, no attention was given to residual supersonic atmospheric disturbances, especially on healthcare costs. This President will step up where others before him would not.”

Put simply, how do we repair the sound barrier?

The massive program, funded at an estimated $8.7 billion, is comprised of both research and policy advancements. The science will be provided in a joint effort between two national laboratories, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado and Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois. Regulatory measures will be implemented and enforced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) out of Washington, D.C.

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy stated in a written release Friday that, “We are proud to accept this responsible position as world citizens in owning up to the effects of our historical aggression with air speed.” Andrea Saul, spokesperson for NCAR, added that, “The sound barrier is there for a reason. It is high time that we understand the cumulative effects of breaking it.”

The Department of Energy’s Fermilab communicated their commitment to the program with actions much louder than words. On July 23, the high-energy physics lab took delivery of a 50-foot-wide electromagnet that will be devoted to the research project. The enormous device traveled 3,200 miles over 35 days across land, oceans, and rivers to make its way to its Illinois destination (see photos and videos of the big move here). Fermilab scientists will use the device to study the positions of air particles at the moment of the transonic zone, the point at which an object moves from subsonic to supersonic. “This task is a welcome focus for us after retiring the Tevatron proton-antiproton accelerator two years ago.”


(Full text of the article can be read at the above URL)

What else could the American Tax payer money be used for? Its not like we have an astronomical Debt, Economic Failure , Or under served Vets to worry with, I could go on but apparently with have no financial problems.

[Marcus Aurelius]

read the linked article. That last line is very telling.

[glockmail]

Shit, you got me. Bastages.

[Marcus Aurelius]

Shit, you got me. Bastages.

Farging ice holes!

[logroller]

There already been such studies. There's already rules on supersonic flight. (Search: supersonic acoustic signature and high- speed corridor) That's why the Concorde could only travel at such speeds over the ocean--it's too loud. There's continuing development to mitigate the effects of the acoustic signature (ie "sonic boom") of supersonic air travel though.
http://m.bizjournals.com/atlanta/pri...age=all&r=full

[Marcus Aurelius]

There already been such studies. There's already rules on supersonic flight. (Search: supersonic acoustic signature and high- speed corridor) That's why the Concorde could only travel at such speeds over the ocean--it's too loud. There's continuing development to mitigate the effects of the acoustic signature (ie "sonic boom") of supersonic air travel though.
http://m.bizjournals.com/atlanta/pri...age=all&r=full

I take exception with this statement in the article...

Sonic boom-related flying restrictions were a major reason the Concorde got grounded.

The Concorde got grounded because of this crash...



The passenger bookings never recovered, and they grounded the planes after that.

[aboutime]

Funny how nobody mentioned Al Gore's intentions to begin charging Americans for ANAL GAS EJECTIONS where Anal Nitrate - also known as Liberal Politics Incentive Tax cause great harm to the atmosphere. But even more intense damage occurs when the Speed of the Flatulent exceeds the Sonic range, and slowly disappears into space as Wasted Liberal, Stupidity, and Hot air.

[logroller]

I take exception with this statement in the article...


The Concorde got grounded because of this crash...



The passenger bookings never recovered, and they grounded the planes after that.

To be fair, most all commercial air travel would be grounded due to decreased passenger bookings if it weren't for heavy government subsidies, (read: limited liabilities, bankruptcies and bailouts) which the Concorde didn't enjoy nearly to the same extent thanks to limited airspace availability.
Besides, would you rent a Ferrari, at the actual cost, just to ride shotgun in bumper to bumper traffic?
I don't imagine many would, and those who would are likewise the ones who would charter private aircraft, like a Gulfstream, rather than fly commercial. I could go into the elasticity of goods and services but, suffice to say, theres a reason why the transit bus gets a subsidy and the Ferrari owner pays a luxury tax.