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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: bighairymike   😊 😞
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Subject: In Your Face John Kerry
Date: 08/26/23 11:21 PM
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This is pretty cool but this Government expenditure seems at odds with Biden's war on Fossil Fuel. The carbon footprint per passenger mile of this thing has to be enormous but for some reason the article ironically concludes with,

"It's important to innovate responsibly so we return benefits to travelers and do no harm to the environment.' ... Mary Jo Long-Davis, manager of NASA's Hypersonic Technology Project

Here is the article...

luxurylaunches.com - NASA supersonic jet will be faster than concord

NASA is developing a supersonic passenger aircraft that will reportedly have a top speed of Mach 4 (~3000mph), which will not make it twice as fast as the Concorde but also faster than the legendary SR-71 Blackbird spy plane that was designed with a top speed of Mach 3.2 (around 2500mph). NASA claims that the proposed supersonic jet will cut down the travel time from New York to London to under one and a half hours. Typically, flights to New York take around eight to nine hours as the current crop of large passenger jets cruise at around 600mph. For comparison, the iconic Concorde that retired two decades ago could maintain Mach 2 (1,348 mph).
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