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ZEHST the world's first hypersonic plane unveiled, travels at 5029km/h (heraldsun.com.au)
2 points by Paulosborne 5482 days ago
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natural_order 5482 days ago
40 years until the first passeger flight?! That's eons in terms of transport and energy technology development
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zeemonkee 5482 days ago
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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athan 5482 days ago
yeah, what he said
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