60 Minutes published this video item, entitled “Startups, NASA pursuing supersonic commercial flight” – below is their description.
Nearly 20 years after the Concorde made its final commercial flight, new efforts are underway to make supersonic passenger travel viable again. Bill Whitaker reports.
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About This Source - 60 Minutes
The oldest and most-watched newsmagazine on television gets the real story on America’s most prevalent issues. CBS News correspondents contribute segments to each hour-long episode. Topics range from hard news coverage to politics, lifestyle, pop culture, business, health, and science. The correspondents and contributors include Sharyn Alfonsi, Anderson Cooper, Steve Kroft, Lara Logan, Norah O’Donnell, Scott Pelley, Charlie Rose, Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim, Oprah Winfrey and Bill Whitaker.
- Presented by: Lesley Stahl; Scott Pelley; Bill Whitaker; John Dickerson;
- Original release: September 24, 1968
- Genre: News magazine
- Related shows: 60 Minutes (Australia); 48 Hours; Face the Nation; CBS Overnight News
- Networks: CBS News, CBS