wildthing Posted August 14, 2012 Member ID: 36 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 127 Topic Count: 240 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3862 Content Per Day: 0.67 Reputation: 2303 Achievement Points: 34799 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 19 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Sunday at 03:09 PM Birthday: 11/22/1968 Device: Windows 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 Awards
TheCheeseyCrusader Posted August 14, 2012 Member ID: 88 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 249 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3515 Content Per Day: 0.61 Reputation: 1898 Achievement Points: 23147 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 20 hours ago Birthday: 11/13/1991 Device: Windows 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 Awards
Sonovabich Posted August 14, 2012 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5198 Achievement Points: 131537 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 9 Device: Windows 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
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: 0.08 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 Posted August 14, 2012 Cool! we gonna get bombed in a snap!!! Awards
TheCheeseyCrusader Posted August 14, 2012 Member ID: 88 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 249 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3515 Content Per Day: 0.61 Reputation: 1898 Achievement Points: 23147 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 20 hours ago Birthday: 11/13/1991 Device: Windows Posted August 14, 2012 heh also on the BBC website it syas it will break up into bits when the flight is complete Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted August 14, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.09 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 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": Awards
fireurza Posted August 14, 2012 Member ID: 677 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1457 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 791 Achievement Points: 9890 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 11/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16, 2024 Birthday: 02/20/1986 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. Awards
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