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kandoh@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Nurgus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Concorde wasn’t far off that sort of speed. But it was too expensive. Such speeds will probably return in some form one day.

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  • rezifon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Concorde wasn’t far off that sort of speed. . .

    The concorde took 180 minutes (3 hours) to travel from New York to London (30,00 nautical miles).

    Ignoring range limits, a trip from New York to Tokyo (5,861 nautical miles) at that speed would take 351 minutes (5.8 hours).

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• Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Sadly, missile technology usurped bombers, so there was no reason for the government to pay for the development of large, ultra-fast aircraft after the early 70s

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  • kandoh@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Just put seats on the missile then? I don’t know I’m not an engineer

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    • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Elon already thought of that

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