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To: fo0hzy

This sounds as if it was put together by several people, some up on the latest technology and some on the latest comic books.


8 posted on 01/05/2005 5:47:54 PM PST by firebrand
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To: firebrand
Dead on. Here's an example of basically right stuff, followed by way off, in the same paragraph.

In commercial transportation, there will be travel at 1000 m.p.h. at a penny a mile. Hypersonic passenger planes, using solid fuels, will reach any part of the world in an hour.

Adjusting for inflation, the prediction would mean coast-to-coast for about $210, which some of the low-fare carriers will do. And 600 mph is not so far off from 1000.

But, getting anywhere in the world in an hour is still way beyond current technology. I doubt if we will be able to do it before 2050-2075. Or maybe never -- if the price is so high that nobody really wants to pay it on a regular basis. Just like today, you CAN get a chopper to take you 20 miles to a ball game, for example, but virtually no one does.

25 posted on 01/05/2005 5:56:34 PM PST by BohDaThone
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