Evidence receipt / uncertainty
Published · transcript-backedBlake Scholl: uncertainty
19 Nov 2025 Conversations with Tyler Blake Scholl on Supersonic Flight and Fixing Broken Infrastructure - Live at the Progress Conference
“Maybe they were smoking something good. I don’t know. National prestige goes a long way on these things.”
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- Blake Scholl
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- uncertainty
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- 19 Nov 2025
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…In 1980, they thought that a route — London — Bahrain — Singapore — was commercially viable. How could they possibly have thought that? Even Singapore then is not extremely wealthy. Bahrain has hardly any people. What was going on in their minds? Maybe they were smoking something good. I don’t know. National prestige goes a long way on these things. This is the other thing that’s messed up in this industry is a lot of the airlines are state enterprises. They’re literally called flag carriers, and so things get done for show. For show is a really, really bad motivation. You can sometimes get the tech demo, but it doesn’t lead to good places. Now, I’ve read that testing and construction for the Concorde, that it only took a total of six years. That’s almost impossible to believe today.…
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