UBS, a bank, thinks supersonic travel has a future.

瑞银认为超音速旅的前景一片大好。

And my Supersonics coaches George Karl and Tim Gergich, thank you very much.

还有我在超音速效力时的乔治·卡尔教练和蒂姆·格里奇教练，非常感谢你们。

Next, we're looking at how NASA is aiming to take commercial travel to supersonic speeds.

接下来，让我们了解一下美国国家航空航天局是如何致力于将商业旅速度超音速的吧。

The company said the plane is the first supersonic jet to be independently developed.

该公司表示，这架飞机是第一架自主研发的超音速喷气式飞机。

I want to get to the point where a supersonic ticket is actually cheaper than subsonic.

我想让超音速的票比亚音速的票价便宜一点。

The launch of the hypersonic missile was North Korea's third round of missile tests this month.

高超音速导弹的发射是朝鲜本的第三轮导弹试射。

WASP-127b, which is about 520 light-years away, has supersonic jet-stream winds unlike any we've seen before.

这颗名为“WASP-127b”的星距离地球约 520 光年，拥有超音速的高速喷流风，而这是我们前所未见的。

The supersonic planes being developed today make less noise and are more fuel efficient than the Concorde.

目前正在研发的超音速飞机比协和式飞机噪音更小，燃油效率更高。

She added that the decision to make hypersonic weapons creates an imbalance that the department must deal with.

她补充说，研制高超音速导弹的决定会导致不平衡局面，这是美国国防部必须要予以处理的。

Spike, another American firm with supersonic ambitions, is developing an 18-seat business jet that doesn't make a loud boom.

另一家有超音速野心的美国公司Spike正在开发一种18座的低音爆公务机。

Everhart said the time gained by using hypersonic spacecraft could keep the U.S. ahead in " the speed of war."

埃弗哈特说，利用高超音速飞船获得的时间可以让美国在“战争速度”方面保持领先。

We're also asking Congress to invest more in hypersonic weapons.

我们还要求国会加大对高超音速武器的投资。

But the promise of supersonic flight is much more than just being extremely cool.

但超音速飞的前景不仅仅是非常酷。

This was achieved by a NASA experimental hypersonic aircraft called the X-43.

这是通过名为 X-43 的 NASA 实验性高超音速飞机实现的。

That greatly limited the growth of that supersonic industry.

那极大地限制了超音速产业的发展。

That was 30 years ago when Alvin Robertson did it for the Seattle Supersonics.

那是在30年前，阿尔文·罗伯逊为西雅图超音速队做的。

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究如何解决超音速飞的问题，比如一个叫做音爆的“小”问题。

Well, what about Thursday night? I mean, they're playing the Sonics.

那星期四怎么样? 那晚有超音速队的比赛。

It would have meant supersonic airplanes.

这将意味着超音速飞机的出现。

For comparison, a supersonic jet going at Mach 3 is around 3,000 times faster than a moving tortoise.

相比之下，一台以3马赫速度飞的超音速喷气机比一只移动的乌龟快大约3000倍。