mswyrr:

euchroma:

thefeelofavideogame:

Have you ever been so upper class that you think a 24 hour plane ride is comfortable

I can hardly deal with the 8-9 hour flight to go back home

the technology will involve going into space

The super-plane will rely on cooling an incoming airstream from 1,000
degrees C to minus 150 C almost instantly, at close to 1/100th of a
second. It will double the technical limits of a jet engine, and allow
the craft to reach, up to five times the speed of sound, before
switching to a rocket engine to reach orbit.

The Skylon could also slash the cost of launching satellites into orbit, once it gets off the ground.

[source]

i’m not sure how going into freaking earth orbit is going to take the wonder out of travel

i’m sure the slower way will still be available to this eeejit