BBC:
Testing has just been completed on an 18-inch hybrid rocket
that will be used in the
Bloodhound
SSC, a supersonic car currently being built. The car is the
brainchild of an international educational initiative aimed at
spurring children's interest in science and technology. Powered
by a jet engine and the rocket, the Bloodhound will attempt to
break the world land-speed record of 763 mph and eventually
reach 1000 mph by 2014. Designer Daniel Jubb said the test
"went very well; the initial analysis suggests the rocket
performed beyond our expectations."
