Human civilization peaked when the Concorde stopped flying in 2003.
Average World IQ probably peaked around that point too.
Everything from now on will be worse.
The Last Flight of the Concorde is a good symbolic moment to pick for the watershed.
We will never have regular intercontinental flight at supersonic speeds again.
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Are you sure about that?
Yeah... Elon Musk had to flee South Africa to make his ideas work. As the rest of the world slowly comes to resemble his home country the window for his ideas to prosper will close.
Cool story, bro. Give us some other insights about the future of the human race.
Are you implying if concordes were allowed to fly again it would fix civilization?
No, I'm implying they not flying anymore is a sign of our decadence.
Why did it stop?
There's a new supersonic jet dumbass.
Sup Forums is seriously shit without the happening threads. I wish this was a board where we could have intelligent , bipartisan discussions about actual policy rather than these half-baked attention whore threads.
Call me an idealist.
The concord flying in the first place was a sign of decadence.
There were many reasons and there is a good doc on youtube about it, can't be bothered to get the link.
>fuel prices
>noise restrictions
>expensive manufacturing and repairs
>crashes
>multi-country involvement
Na, it peaked in 1977.
That's tragic. I remember being kind of bummed when I was a kid, hearing that they were (((shutting it down))).
US IQ peaked in the 50's I think. We used to be triple digit, in the top 10. Oh how times have changed.
Yep. Kikes made sure of that in 1965.
I don't really care that much about civilisation but I would like to see the/a Concorde flying again.
>Have an opportunity right now to have that discussion
>"HUUR DUMBASS"
the concorde was inefficient and too expensive.
also, you know
9/11 and subsequent plummet in travels
We could have orbital puddle-jumpers by now if we just dared to dream. Halfway around the world in an hour.
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Lame, I won't be happy until the skies sound like AA fire, faggots.
Concorde fuel efficiency:
>17 mpg per passenger
Bombardier CS300 fuel efficiency:
>123 mpg per passenger
stay fucked
It was not financially viable
Free market motherfucker
It was far too expensive to run, and too expensive to maintain/repair
Also not everyone wants to hear the sonic booms all the time. It is pretty cool the first few times, but when you have to hear it every day, then it could get annoying
This
If we really wanted, we can make missile-type planes that launch into space, and get to the other side of the world in 45 minutes, but if there isn't a market for it, it won't work
SO many technologies in the past failed cause no one wanted to actually use it