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Test sets world land speed record
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| 4/30/2003
| AFPN Staff
Posted on 04/30/2003 6:21:22 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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I didn't know they had sleds that could go that fast.
To: *miltech
Ping!!
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Where do I get one?
Imagine a bunny movin' that fast.
To: Psycho_Bunny
meeep meeep !!! ;-)
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posted on
04/30/2003 6:26:23 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi .. Support FRee Republic)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
How long before we get one from NY to Chicago to LA?
The only problem I can see is the passengers talking funny.
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posted on
04/30/2003 6:29:52 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Cool. But why has this taken so long? Is it just the distance????I would think that a locked track system with a rocket could get going reaaaal fast.
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posted on
04/30/2003 6:30:00 PM PDT
by
Jesse
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Now, if they could get the trains to go that fast, I'd truly be impressed.
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posted on
04/30/2003 6:32:31 PM PDT
by
pipecorp
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Lt. Col. James "J.J." Jolliffe, 846th Test Squadron commander, said the sled hit its target with energy equal to a car hitting a wall at 2,020 mph. I guess they’re illustrating the force with which the sled hit the “target,” and not that the sled HIT the target – which is what I originally thought.
Because if your sled misses the target, on tracks, at 6400 mph, I’d say you have a little problem.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I bought NEW a "64 1/2 Mustang which I thought, and those which I "raced", that I was going just about that fast.
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posted on
04/30/2003 6:40:43 PM PDT
by
TaMoDee
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
it traveled more than 31 football fields per second.So why wasn't it selected in the NFL draft this past weekend?
To: NormsRevenge; aculeus; general_re; BlueLancer; Poohbah; hellinahandcart; MississippiDeltaDawg
meeep meeep !!! ;-)Yep.
Thirteen rocket motors propelled the sled during the test, including two stages of single Super Roadrunner motors designed specifically for this mission.
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posted on
04/30/2003 6:42:58 PM PDT
by
dighton
(Amen-Corner Hatchet Team, Nasty Little Clique, Vulgar Horde)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
"rail-bound rocket sled reach Mach 8.5 or 6,416 mph. ""I didn't know they had sleds that could go that fast. "
u.s.a.f.; aim high; fly low...n REAL FAST
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posted on
04/30/2003 6:51:23 PM PDT
by
hoot2
To: Clarinet_King
Ping
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posted on
04/30/2003 6:51:55 PM PDT
by
NerdDad
To: Psycho_Bunny
"Imagine a bunny movin' that fast" only in texas...on interstate 10
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posted on
04/30/2003 6:53:26 PM PDT
by
hoot2
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
To: Erasmus
"The only problem I can see is the passengers talking funny. " nother one; taggers would file a law suit....
how the heck are they gonna vandalize it?
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posted on
04/30/2003 6:56:40 PM PDT
by
hoot2
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
(zoom-zoom)
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posted on
04/30/2003 7:23:30 PM PDT
by
Sweet_Sunflower29
(Snapping fingers in a *whatever_shape_it_is* for emphasis.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
This is really an astonishing story. The biggest surprise is the time since we set the previous record. Nobody pay any attention to me here ... but I predict this is only the first of a series of record breakers, many of which we will not be advertising...
I sure would love to be involved in this program ... hmmm...
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posted on
04/30/2003 7:25:42 PM PDT
by
AFPhys
(((PRAYING for: President Bush & advisors, troops & families, Americans)))
To: dighton
Did they get them from ACME®?
To: eddie willers
I think AJAX® was the contractor on this one...
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