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The next fastest car in the world
Engineers are designing a new vehicle to set a new land speed record. The vehicle is called Bloodhound SSC. SSC stands for supersonic car. They don't just want to break the current record of 763 miles per hour (mph); their goal is to drive the vehicle at 1,000mph.
The jet and rocket-powered vehicle will be more advanced than most spacecraft and faster than a bullet fired from a handgun. Its wheels will spin at over 10,000 revolutions per minute. The car will accelerate from 0 – 1,050mph in 40 seconds. At this speed, the vehicle will be covering a distance equivalent to over four football pitches every second, or 50 metres in the blink of an eye.
The jet and rocket-powered vehicle will be more advanced than most spacecraft and faster than a bullet fired from a handgun. Its wheels will spin at over 10,000 revolutions per minute. The car will accelerate from 0 – 1,050mph in 40 seconds. At this speed, the vehicle will be covering a distance equivalent to over four football pitches every second, or 50 metres in the blink of an eye.
Building a car quicker than a fighter jet is not, however, the main goal of the project. Rather, it is to inspire future generations to take up careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Designing, building and running Bloodhound SSC will be a unique engineering adventure; one that will be shared with the public every step of the way.
BloodhoundSSC will be driven by Wing Commander Andy Green. He drove ThrustSSC - the last car to break the land speed record.
ThrustSSC was the first car faster than the speed of sound
In 1997 ThrustSSC set the current record of 763mph. It became the first car to go faster than the speed of sound, which on the ground is 740mph. The name for travelling faster than the speed of sound is supersonic.
http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/
All of the Bloodhound-related clips http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/education/resources-schools/bbc-learning-zone-videos