High Speed Civil Transport
- High Speed Civil Transport
__NOTOC__The High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) was a NASA project to design a supersonic transport. It was to be a future Supersonic Passenger Aircraft, able to fly Mach 2, or twice the speed of sound. The project started in 1990 and ended during 1999. The goal was to employ up-to-date technologies.
It was intended to cross the Atlantic or the Pacific Ocean in half the time of a non-supersonic aircraft. It was to be fuel efficient, carry 300 passengers, and it would have allowed customers to buy tickets at a much lower price than that of a ticket on a Concorde. The goal for its maiden fight was within 20 years.
See also
* NASA
* Supersonic transport
External links
* [http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/RT1998/2000/2300shaw.html NASA overview of project]
* [http://oea.larc.nasa.gov/PAIS/HSR-Overview2.html Another NASA page]
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