Now THAT'S Fast!

[Nutzkie]

Chalk up another first for American aerospace. As of late this morning, NASA's experimental X-51A "Waverider" hit Mach six and held that speed for more than three minutes, shattering several previous records in the process.

www.space.com/businesstechnology/x-51a-scramjet-sets-hypersonic-flight-record-100527.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-51

With this successful test, the dream of manned hypersonic flight gets a little closer to reality.

[Dr. Feelgood]

Pfft, if I can't ride in it, I don't care. It's never going to be available to the public thanks to Concorde messing it up for everybody (early aviation pioneers would sneer at our cowardice). Cross-Atlantic maglev's in helium-filled tubes ftw! ;D

Also, the space shuttle has been doing manned hypersonic flights for decades. Just sayin'.

[drakkenfan]

I just want a flying car

[Joe Stoppinghem]

I don't, most people can't drive on the roads now.

How do yo think they'll handle driving in 3 dimensions, left right, forward backward and up down.

Then we'd have to worry of some stupid drunk crashing into my house from the sky.

[manofevil]

Well that's the reason there are no rocket packs today.

[drakkenfan]

May 28, 2010 23:07:35 GMT -5 Joe Stoppinghem said:

I don't, most people can't drive on the roads now.

How do yo think they'll handle driving in 3 dimensions, left right, forward backward and up down.

Then we'd have to worry of some stupid drunk crashing into my house from the sky.

All the driving would be handled by GPS

[Nutzkie]

May 28, 2010 20:25:07 GMT -5 drakkenfan said:

I just want a flying car

Paul Moller knows how you feel.