NASA--new supersonic aircraft

So quick it's gone.....

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/01/new-concorde-nasa-reviving-supersonic-travel.html

Slow compared to what the "Black Ops" team have ..
Quote:
Ben Rich, former President and CEO of the Lockheed Skunkworks.
"We now have the technology to take ET home."

http://www.cnet.com/news/reaching-mars-in-a-few-days-its-possible-nasa-video-says/

Mars in 4 days

Very interesting 0valman.

Paul McCartney not impressed. He doesn't like the thought of a load of astronauts going interstellar.

That would be about right...when we built Concord(e), we were about 50 years ahead of the Yanks.
Shame we were sold down the river on TSR-2. Coulda been a good 'un.
I suppose the same could have been said for the Canadian Avro Arrow.

They might find that it ain't as easy as they'd like to think. Especially, economically.

I was an apprentice (Aircraft Tchnician) at BAC Weybridge (1963) worked on TSR-2, Concorde, BAC 111, VC-10 ..
When TSR-2 cancelled and virtualy no orders for VC-10, 111 not doing well either ...thought mmmm
not much future here then better move on.
Crazy to think though we probably built the best Aircraft in the world !

This test flight will probably be of interest to you, Rockin ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXdJxjvQZW4

As should, TSR2 The Untold Story Full Documentary, which came on my utube after the above.  55 minutes long ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o53u0X0Ik0w

we were about 50 years ahead of the Yanks

The USA's first jet was the P80 Shooting Star, built in 1943 with a British engine. Look at them now. I think we more-or-less just put all our secrets in a brown envelope and posted them to the Americans for nothing.

We also gave the rolls Royce Nene to the Russians who used it to power the Mig 15 - The US where not enamoured with all our spies