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The scramjet tests are once again underway in Australia....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4832254.stm
Nearly as fast as Fozzer on his Honda

That's fast...!

Great. You get blasted into the stratosphere by a bloody great rocket then you get propelled into the ground at 10 times the speed of sound. A once in a lifetime trip I think.

Great. You get blasted into the stratosphere by a bloody great rocket then you get propelled into the ground at 10 times the speed of sound. A once in a lifetime trip I think.

Sounds like a V2...

Well the first test was a success http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4832254.stm I think they'll need to work out the landing procedure a bit before carrying passengers