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| Subject: How billionaires are revolutionizing flying Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:56 am | |
| Picture this: you wake up in London, grab a cup of coffee and hop on a plane. By the time you finish breakfast you’re in Sydney - in time for lunch.
According to a paper released by British consulting firm Knight Frank, which specialises in trends for “ultra-high net worth individuals,” sub-orbital commuter flights traveling at about 6,440 kilometres per hour (today's planes go around 800 kilometres per hour), will be ready for the public by 2020.
The key is getting companies that are already approved for sub-orbital space travel (like Virgin Galactic) to stop planning trips straight into the thermosphere and back down and instead to start traveling around the globe.
http://au.pfinance.yahoo.com/fame-and-fortune/article/-/24420288/from-london-to-sydney-in-two-hours/ |
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