wildthing Posted August 14, 2012 Member ID: 36 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 124 Topic Count: 235 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3845 Content Per Day: 0.72 Reputation: 2247 Achievement Points: 34608 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 17 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 04:54 AM Birthday: 11/22/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted August 14, 2012 http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/14/imagine-flying-from-new-york-to-london-in-under-an-hour/?hpt=hp_c1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TheCheeseyCrusader Posted August 14, 2012 Member ID: 88 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 248 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3485 Content Per Day: 0.65 Reputation: 1846 Achievement Points: 22917 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 20 hours ago Birthday: 11/13/1991 Device: Android Share Posted August 14, 2012 nice from the pic it looks like you will be traveling in a cruise missle but it saves the 6-8 hour butthurt (insert dirty joke plox) flight with a Boeing 747 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sonovabich Posted August 14, 2012 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1534 Topics Per Day: 0.29 Content Count: 5020 Content Per Day: 0.93 Reputation: 5171 Achievement Points: 131490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Device: Windows Share Posted August 14, 2012 Read that story today in a newspaper, obviously it's in a test phase, if it works no doubt the finished version will look different, bet we don't see it for a while yet, if they are revealing this technology now it makes you wonder what the military are using? BeerGoat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sykorsky Posted August 14, 2012 Member ID: 3380 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 22 Topic Count: 63 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 376 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 171 Achievement Points: 3170 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/15/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 4, 2018 Birthday: 08/18/1965 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Cool! we gonna get bombed in a snap!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TheCheeseyCrusader Posted August 14, 2012 Member ID: 88 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 248 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3485 Content Per Day: 0.65 Reputation: 1846 Achievement Points: 22917 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 20 hours ago Birthday: 11/13/1991 Device: Android Share Posted August 14, 2012 heh also on the BBC website it syas it will break up into bits when the flight is complete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted August 14, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted August 14, 2012 Here's a concept video of the UK's "A2" hypersonic airliner (from 2008): It would be unable to operate on the New York-London route as it couldn't get high enough in the short distance. Journey time to Australia from here would be 4 hours! The same company are working on a spaceplane called "Skylon": Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
fireurza Posted August 14, 2012 Member ID: 677 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1457 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 791 Achievement Points: 9890 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 11/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16 Birthday: 02/20/1986 Device: Windows Share Posted August 14, 2012 there is another concept i cant remember who is working on it but basically its a pill that can hold 6 people and it travels in a tube it would make the trip in 5 mins. it is suspended in the tube using magnets so no friction therefore no heat which is a major limiting factor to speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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