william brandt wrote:
>
> I do know that Grumman - or whatever the company making the G V is known as
> now - is working on a supersonic biz jet - heck the G V is about 40 million
> a copy - a different world flying one of those...
>
> I read somewhere that Boeing and others are actually working on subspace
> craft - that would skip along the edge of the atmosphere - NY - Tokyo in 2
> hours or so...So probably the idea of having a supersonic transport will be
> leap frogged...
>
I guess it depends on how you define "supersonic transport".  The space
shuttle, for example" obviously moves at supersonic speeds.

Nick D.