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Japan Plans Test of 'New Concorde'
Steve Nixon writes "Japan's space agency plans to launch an arrow-shaped airplane at twice the speed of sound high over the Australian outback as early as next month in a crucial test of the country's push to develop a supersonic successor to the retired Concorde."
My guess is that testing over Japan would be bad because it is so small. By the time it got up to speed, there would be only water to land it in.
They are testing it over a larger landmass so there will be an area large enough so that it can be recovered without resorting to ships or subs (in case it might sink).
C.
"Doctor, it's not the voices I hear in MY head, but the voices I hear in YOUR head that really frighten me."
And besides, it's cool.
How is it cool that hard working people struggling to make ends meet were taxed billions of pounds, just so a few very very rich businessmen could get to New York a bit quicker?
Sometimes you have to look beyond simply making a profit.
Not when it's tax-payer's money being used to fund luxuries for the elite. You're probably American so it wasn't your taxes spent. I bet you'd be pissed off if money was taken from your pay cheque so that Bill Gates or Donald Trump could get around faster.