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Land Speed Record Broken: 0-6,400 in Six Seconds
Topic: Science 9:47 am EDT, May  2, 2003

] Researchers at Holloman AFB have broken their own two
] decades old land speed record for rail vehicles. The
] rocket powered sled covered the 3 mile track in roughly 6
] seconds. Preliminary numbers put the sled's speed at mach
] 8.6 or about 6,400 mph - it covered the last 1.8 miles in
] just 1.3 seconds. The previous record of 6,122 mph was
] set on Oct. 5, 1982. Other accounts are at the Alamogordo
] Daily News, the Denver Post, and CNN

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Land Speed Record Broken: 0-6,400 in Six Seconds



 
 
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