{"id":14982,"date":"2012-09-27T04:57:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T02:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/race-hots-up-for-land-speed-record-with-uk-rocket-test\/"},"modified":"2012-09-27T04:57:59","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T02:57:59","slug":"race-hots-up-for-land-speed-record-with-uk-rocket-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/race-hots-up-for-land-speed-record-with-uk-rocket-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Race hots up for land speed record with UK rocket test"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Chris Wickham<\/span><\/p>\n

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LONDON, Sept 26<\/span> (Reuters) – This time next year, British
\nfighter pilot Andy Green will strap himself into a
\nrocket-powered car for test runs in a bid to accelerate to 1,000
\nmiles per hour (1,600 kilometers per hour) and smash his own
\nland speed record.<\/p>\n

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That’s the plan. In the meantime, the team building the
\nBloodhound supersonic car faces a milestone on Oct. 3 – they
\nwill test-fire the rocket they hope will push it through the
\nsound barrier and well past the existing record of 763 mph set
\n15 years ago.<\/p>\n

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It will be the biggest rocket test in Britain for about 20
\nyears and will bring together the components of the rocket,
\nincluding a Cosworth Formula One engine that will be used just
\nto pump fuel into the combustion chamber.<\/p>\n

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“This is the first time we have brought all the elements
\ntogether,” said Mark Chapman, the project’s chief engineer who
\nhas a background in aerospace design that included work on the
\nJoint Strike Fighter.<\/p>\n

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Chapman said a flawless test run would be the best outcome
\nnext week but an explosion that provides lessons and drives
\ndesign improvements would also be counted a success.<\/p>\n

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“The worst thing that could happen is for nothing to
\nhappen,” he told reporters.<\/p>\n

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The rocket will be tested in a bomb-proof military hangar at
\nNewquay airport in southwest England with the team in a control
\nroom 250 metres away.<\/p>\n

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Dan Jubb, the project’s 28-year-old self-taught rocket
\nengineer who sports an impressive handlebar moustache, said the
\nteam will leave the doors on the test hangar slightly ajar in
\ncase there is an explosion.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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