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	Bloodhound SSC the first 1000mph car
JohnWaterman
10-23-2008 8:00 AM
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A car faster than a bullet.
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10-23-2008 10:32 AM
cptenaud
How is the gas mileage?
10-23-2008 3:21 PM
deadcowkid
Cool video, I like this kind of stuff. However, if we could just use our technology to solve real world problems...
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Working from an aircraft hangar in Bristol, the team's engineers have been working on the project in secret for the past 18 months. Calculations suggest the car could reach 1,050mph, fast enough to outrun a bullet from a .357 Magnum revolver.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gallery/2008/oct/23/bloodhound-supersonic-car-ssc?picture=338873081" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gallery/2008/oct/23/bloodhound-supersonic-car-ssc?picture=338873081" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gallery/2008/oct/23/bloodhound-supersonic-car-ssc?picture=338873081"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/B67E524E-A61C-452A-9C45-E029F38AE434" alt="Bloodhound car" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gallery/2008/oct/23/bloodhound-supersonic-car-ssc?picture=338873081"><P>The car will be the first to combine a Eurofighter Typhoon jet engine with a rocket booster. Between them they will produce a staggering 45,000lb of thrust</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gallery/2008/oct/23/bloodhound-supersonic-car-ssc?picture=338873072" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gallery/2008/oct/23/bloodhound-supersonic-car-ssc?picture=338873072" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gallery/2008/oct/23/bloodhound-supersonic-car-ssc?picture=338873072"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/F8A76226-AED0-41CE-80AD-72AEEAFBDE9F" alt="Bloodhound car" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gallery/2008/oct/23/bloodhound-supersonic-car-ssc?picture=338873078" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gallery/2008/oct/23/bloodhound-supersonic-car-ssc?picture=338873078" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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