Plans unveiled for record-smashing 1000-mph car

A team of UK engineers have set themselves a three-year target to design and build a car capable of reaching 1000 miles per hour to smash the current land-speed record by nearly 300 mph.
In 1997, their previous vehicle, Thrust SSC (SuperSonic Car), reached a speed of 763 mph in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. It became the first land vehicle to officially break the sound barrier, becoming supersonic for just a few seconds.
But to travel at 1000 mph the new craft – already called Bloodhound SSC – will have to shatter rather than just break the sound barrier. And that opens up a Pandora's box of problems that must be overcome.

Bloodhound SSC - official website

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