tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post4423796016939799346..comments2023-10-26T22:53:59.503+08:00Comments on The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato: The hypersonic cruise vehicle race is onJ. Michael Cole 寇謐將http://www.blogger.com/profile/12125612369359079447noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-63452839201595823012012-08-20T23:32:14.523+08:002012-08-20T23:32:14.523+08:00"While the commercial applications for HCV te...<i>"While the commercial applications for HCV technology are self-evident — an aircraft achieving such speeds could fly from London to New York in less than an hour..."</i><br /><br />Concorde. Insofar as a trip from London to NY is concerned, there can surely be nobody mad enough to consider that a commercial application any longer, e.g. with cargo (let alone passengers). <br /><br />Having said that, it might be possible to consider hypersonic vehicles as satellite launch systems and there has been lots of thinking about this over the years.<br /><br />But even that may likely remain a mostly State-military application for the forseeable future. Mike Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.com