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Bloodhound's 1,000 MPH Car Project Needs Money (theguardian.com)
AmiMoJo quotes the Guardian: Plans to build a British jet-powered car to speed at more than 1,000mph through the desert have hit quicksand, after the company behind the Bloodhound project entered administration. The dream of an ultra-fast car to break the land speed record led to the creation of Bloodhound Programme Ltd in 2007, with the idea of also engaging schools and students in engineering. Bloodhound has already built and tested a viable racing car to speeds of 200mph, but the project is in debt and needs to find £25m or face being wound up... Bloodhound said its programme had been a catalyst for research and development, as well as helping interest schoolchildren worldwide in science and engineering, with an associated educational campaign reaching more than 2 million children...
The planned car is a combination of jet, F1 car and spaceship that would cover the length of four and a half football pitches in a second.
The planned car is a combination of jet, F1 car and spaceship that would cover the length of four and a half football pitches in a second.
Yes, this seems like a silly way to burn money. The best way of "engaging schools and students in engineering" is to involve them in solving real world problems that will benefit many people. This isn't doing that.
It's a huge jet turbine with wheels attached. Big fat hairy deal.
I'm sure that was cool sometime in the early sixties or something, but come on, seriously?
We suffer more in our imagination than in reality. - Seneca