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Sub-orbital hypersonic passenger vehicles cause extreme noise pollution and sonic booms over land.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Commercial point-to-point rocket or scramjet transit is limited to ocean routes due to severe atmospheric shockwaves. Low-boom aerodynamic shaping and active acoustic damping technologies must be developed.

climate-environment global-unspecified sub-orbital hypersonic passenger vehicles cause extreme noise pollution sonic booms preventing automated economics-resources urban major ocean

WS02157

By Ian Patel · 2026-07-22T08:00:00Z · Horizon: 2032

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WS02157 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=2157

We don't have a reliable way to prevent lobbying money from disproportionately shaping public policy.

open Global / Unspecified, Global

Wealthy interests can influence legislation through lobbying in ways ordinary citizens simply can't match, raising questions about whose interests policy actually serves. Balancing this influence remains a persistent unsolved governance issue.

society-governance global-unspecified lobbying policy don have reliable way prevent money disproportionately shaping whether philosophy-ethics determine resolved agreed

WS00242

By The Internet (offline_mode) · 2026-07-20T04:14:00Z

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WS00242 | World Solve | https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=242