退伍军人节：航天局NASA致敬X-59三名试飞员，两人曾服役美国空军、一人曾服役海军陆战队
11月11日退伍军人节当天，美国航天局 NASA 在 Quesst 任务博客发文，向 X-59 静音超音速试验机的三名试飞员致敬。这三人是 Jim “Clue” Less、Nils Larson 与 Mike Lippert：Less 与 Larson 曾在美国空军服役，Lippert 曾在美国海军陆战队服役。
NASA 表示，三人都是经验丰富的飞行员与航天工程师，兼具数十年的军旅生涯、技术专长与飞行经验，如今把这份经历带进 Quesst 任务。他们或驾驶 X-59 本机，或驾驶支援飞机，或以工程与技术专长支撑任务，继续以另一种方式服务。NASA 在文中向三人以及 Quesst 任务中所有曾在美国军队服役的人员致谢，感谢他们的服务、牺牲与对飞行未来的持续投入。
X-59 是 Quesst 任务独一无二的核心试验机，目标是演示以快于音速的超音速飞行时，不产生震耳欲聋的音爆，只留下较轻的“音砰”声。NASA 随后将调查 X-59 飞越上空时公众的反应，把这些反应数据提交给美国与国际监管机构，为制定以数据为依据的陆上超音速商业飞行噪声新标准提供参考。Quesst 任务由 NASA 航空研究任务理事会支持。
（来源：美国航天局）
On Veterans Day, NASA Honors Its Three X-59 Test Pilots: Two Served in the Air Force, One in the Marine Corps
On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, NASA used its Quesst mission blog to honor the three test pilots of the X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft: Jim “Clue” Less, Nils Larson, and Mike Lippert. Less and Larson served in the U.S. Air Force, while Lippert served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
NASA said the three are seasoned pilots and aerospace engineers who bring decades of military service, technical expertise, and flight experience to the Quesst mission. Whether flying the X-59, one of its support aircraft, or contributing their engineering and technical expertise, the team continues that tradition of service by helping advance the future of supersonic flight. NASA thanked the three pilots, and all those who served in the U.S. armed forces on the Quesst mission, for their service, sacrifice, and continued commitment.
The one-of-a-kind X-59 is the centerpiece of the Quesst mission, which will demonstrate technology to fly supersonic, faster than the speed of sound, without generating loud sonic booms. NASA will then survey how people respond when the X-59 flies overhead, sharing those reactions to the quieter sonic “thumps” with national and international regulators to inform new data-driven acceptable noise thresholds for supersonic commercial flight over land. Quesst is supported through NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.
(Source: NASA)
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图片来源：图：X-59静音超音速试验机第二次飞行，由试飞员 Jim Less 驾驶。美国航天局 NASA 官方照片，公共领域。 / Photo: The X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft on its second flight, flown by test pilot Jim Less. NASA photo, public domain.
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