When the X-59 was recently unveiled, one of the speakers made a really good analogy.
Imagine a large man belly flopping into a pool. The water cannot get out of the way fast enough. The faster the man travels, the harder it is for the water to get out of the way. The harder it is for the water to move, the louder the sound.
That plane is a work of art and engineering. Supersonic speeds with almost no boom.
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