So the airplane won't actually be in the sonic boom.

因此，飞机实际上不会受到音爆的影响。

And Christine Darden is best known for her sonic boom research.

克里斯汀·达顿以其音爆研而闻名。

This can be heard from the ground as a sonic boom.

在地面上 可以听到一声“音爆”。

As you can imagine, sonic booms can be disruptive to life on the ground.

不难想象，音爆会对地表生物造成种破坏。

So right across the sonic boom, you have a change in pressure and temperature and density.

因此，在音爆的瞬间，压力、温度和密度都会发生变化。

The pilot of the airplane won't actually feel the sonic boom.

飞机的驾驶员实际上不会感觉到音爆。

To understand how this might work, it's important to understand how a sonic boom happens.

要了解其工作原理，必须先了解音爆是产生的。

When I heard a sonic boom for the first time, I finally understood why it was such a big deal.

当我第一次听到音爆的时候，我终于明白了它为此重要。

But they've had to spend decades researching ways to fix issues with supersonic travel like a little thing called Sonic boom.

但是此前他们已经花了数十年的时间来研解决超音速飞行的问题，比一个叫做音爆的“小”问题。

It's designed to go supersonic without making the loud sonic boom, that -- that we've been accustomed to hearing for decades now.

它的设计目的是达到超音速，而不会产生巨大的音爆，我们已经听了几十年了。

It's similar to a sonic boom but with light instead of sound.

它类似于音爆，但用的是光而不是声音。

The air exited tunnels with a sonic boom that could be heard 400 meters away.

空气离开隧道时会发出音爆， 400 米外都能听到。

Cause it does have like a sonic boom.

因为它的确会产生音爆。

Since a bullet moves faster than the speed of sound it creates a sonic boom.

由于子弹的飞行速度超过音速， 它会产生音爆。

But what exactly causes the sonic boom in the first place?

但是到底是什么原因导致了音爆呢？

The sound you just heard was literally a sonic boom.

你刚才听到的声音实际上就是音爆。

And why don't we want a sonic boom over the country?

为什么我们不希望在国内出现音爆呢？

When an object moves at supersonic speed, it generates a continuous moving shockwave known as a sonic boom.

当物体以超音速运动时，它会产生连续移动的冲击波，称为音爆。

Oh, we're not going to let them because they'll have a sonic boom over the continental United States.

哦，我们不会让他们这么做的，因为这样会在美国本土产生音爆。

But a common misconception is that a sonic boom doesn't just boom once when the plane hits  that speed.

但一个常见的误解是，当飞机达到这个速度时，音爆不仅仅会爆炸一次。