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2021 finds us in the middle of the race to Mars, and yet those of us who remain here on Earth haven t been able to enjoy the benefits of supersonic air travel since 2003, when the Concorde was retired. And, as we wait for the
Mach X commute to return this decade (names like Aerion and Virgin Galactic aim to be on the radar), we can always turn to art for an imaginary journey of the sort, all with the help of a rendering.
60,000 feet or 18,288 meters. This was the cruising altitude of the British–French turbojet-powered supersonic airliner, whose maximum velocity sat at over twice the speed of sound (that would be Mach 2.04 or 1,354 mph/ 2,180 kph).