>>1701805Ok, let's look at it your way.
>Commercial valueNone, it's way too expensive, and will never turn a profit
>Pure transit valueNone, it's way too expensive, and will never compete with cheaper planes
>Artistic valueNone, it's way too expensive, and not as nice a lawn ornament as a couple of gnomes.
>Engineering valueNone, it's way too expensive, and rode on the coat tails of military aircraft from a decade earlier (SR-71)
>Cultural valueNone, it's way too expensive, and only a few places have aeronautics as part of their culture (Kitty Hawk, Cape Canaveral, and Colorado Springs are the only ones I that come to mind)
Face it, the Concorde died because it had no chance of survival. It ultimately only had the selling point that "this goes fast, cool right?" Nobody was going to ride it twice, especially at the ticket price.
