REFLECTIVE ESSAY ON THE NEW NASA X-59 QUIET SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT (QUESST)
Greetings to whom reading this. To begin this essay, I’d like to first introduce myself. My name is Siti Nuruljannah Mohamad Zamri, a third-year student from the School of Aerospace Engineering. I am writing this reflective essay to share with you my view on the new NASA X-59 Quiet Supersonic Transport. Isn’t it amazing if you could travel around the world in just a matter of second? Much to our disappointment, teleportation has not yet been implemented in the real world. However, we can still rely on aeroplanes or helicopters! Air transport is said to be the fastest method of transport. Commercial jets can reach speeds up to 955 kmph (593 mph). Let’s say you want to go to America to see Donald Trump, it would take you quite the whole day to reach there! The total flight duration from Malaysia to the United States is 19 hours 6 minutes but what if you can travel there in just about half of the duration? That would be cool right? Over the decades, NASA has done a lot of...