NASA's bleeding-edge X-59 supersonic jet is ready to build

It looks like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, but NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft is ready for final assembly and, after that, taking to the skies, the US space agency has confirmed. Known as QueSST, the X-59 won’t only be able to break the speed of sound, but do so without triggering the sonic boom that would …