raid517 Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 (edited) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4832254.stm It will probably crash and burn (well that is pretty much guranteed as the plan is to ram it into the ground) or explode or something, but we are a plucky bunch and we do like to try. I think it's worth appreciating too just how difficult this is to do - as we are operating at the very edge of human experience, in extreme conditions with largely untested equipment, so the chances of sucess are understandably slim. But if they do pull it off, it will be very, very cool. GJ Edited March 26, 2006 by raid517 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnerhkjp Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Man, about time :laugh: I hate long flights. Passenger planes haven't gotten significantly faster for the longest time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Primative Earth craft :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastage Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 The reason Concord failed is because it cost too much to be operational. its simply not possible at this point because of the heat and aerodynamic forces the supersonic plane is subject to, a 200 people hypersonic plane will have to be made of such expensive metals and composites.... simply too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacOSXMan Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 I'm sure this will be improved upon over time, using different materials etc. It's a good step nonetheless :yes: , I'll be keeping an eye on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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