Traveling to New York from Mumbai only in 45 minutes! Apparently, it may sound like bizarre but it’s true. An USA based company has developed an aircraft that can complete this journey with in 45 minutes.
The Silver Dart hypersonic glider, developed by Chicago-based PlanetSpace, which functions like a space shuttle, will be used to commercialize space travel and revolutionising air travel. (See video)
Chirinjeev Kathuria Chairman of PlanetSpace said:
It can glide anywhere from any point on the earth, for example, from New York to Bombay in 45 minutes and it’s very stable. Also, what’s very important from a technological point of view, on re-entry its deacceleration is one earth gravity. What that means is it approaches the speed of a normal jet plane on landing and basically can land on any runway that a 737 can run on. So, it’s an ideal vehicle for intercontinental travel.
Company hopes to have demonstration flights delivering crew and cargo to the International Space Station as well as the point-to-point travel within the globe in between 2009 to 2012. PlanetSpace also plans to initiate flight of Silver Dart for space tourists by 2009, which is expected to cost around $200,000 for each astronaut.
Via: IBNlive
