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Re:ZEHST the world's first hypersonic plane unveiled, travel... by natural_order on Sunday June 19, 2011 @11:43PM (#2672749)
40 years until the first passeger flight?! That's eons in terms of transport and energy technology development
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Re:ZEHST the world's first hypersonic plane unveiled, travel... by zeemonkee on Monday June 20, 2011 @04:30AM (#2673395)
Funny that - Concorde from drawing board to maiden voyage was what - 12 years ? JFK's speech to moon landing - 8 or 9 years ?

Seems that despite all the advances in computer modelling etc we're going backwards.

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Re:ZEHST the world's first hypersonic plane unveiled, travel... by athan on Monday June 20, 2011 @12:13AM (#2672839)
yeah, what he said
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