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Chinese breakthrough engine seeks to reduce flight times to half an hour (www.msn.com)

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 13 hours ago

Half an hour across the Atlantic? How many gs are they going to be pulling? 😮 Will anybody survive the flight?

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[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 15 hours ago

So, does this mean more spectacular crashes given the ATC issues?

[–] Lugh@futurology.today 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I'm guessing if you were going to be able to travel at Mach 16, an entirely new type of airplane architecture, built with new types of material is going to be needed.

[–] Espiritdescali@futurology.today 1 points 14 hours ago

We already have military planes that go pretty close to that, and missiles go at Mach 20 so we have the technology