Gig 601XL Builder writes:

Yes NASA has made plenty of very loud things. Did you ever wonder why NASA
was trying to build high speed propeller driven aircraft?

No. The agency's explanation, as I recall, was that propellers are
potentially far more efficient than jet exhausts for propulsion, even
into the transonic and perhaps supersonic range, at least in theory.

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