• Question: are you hopefull you will reach your target

    Asked by jeffreys99 to Alastair, Emma, Hywel, Keith, Vicki on 17 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Hywel Vaughan

      Hywel Vaughan answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      ‘Hopeful’ implies that I have doubts jeffreys99!
      We have spent a long time getting to where we are now, a lot of design work has gone into making sure that it is not only possible, but safe. I truly believe we can do it, and I intend to be out there on the dessert and hear the sonic boom as BLOODHOUND gets to 1000mph. I’m not just hopeful we can do it, I KNOW we can do it 😀

    • Photo: Alastair Sloan

      Alastair Sloan answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      Hi Jeffreys

      yes I am – I’m always an optomist and the work is well planned so we should get there

    • Photo: Vicki Stevenson

      Vicki Stevenson answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      Hi Jeffreys
      I’m really hopeful about reaching my target. I’m working on a solar wall which uses sunlight to heat air for the building. Lots of people worry that there isn’t enough sunshine in the UK to be useful, but a smaller scale experiment I did a while ago gave very promising results!

    • Photo: Keith Brain

      Keith Brain answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      Yes, ever hopeful that we’ll make a useful contribution to scientific knowledge and to people, too!

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  • Photo: Keith

    Keith commented on :

    Hywel – sonic boom at about 760 miles per hour? Ah, but you won’t be too close to the car, and it takes time for you the sound to reach your ears, so you will indeed hear the boom as Bloodhound hits 1000mph, but not because it hits 1000 miles/hour. You’re quite right 😉