Like most, I was saddened to see the end of the Concorde. But its successor is on the way:
As early as next month, Japan plans to launch an arrow-shaped airplane at twice the speed of sound high over the Australian outback.
A successful mission will pave the way for additional experiments to develop a plane that can carry 300 passengers at twice the speed of sound. That would translate to about four hours on a flight from Tokyo to Los Angeles.
Why can’t we be as cool as the Japanese?