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Is a 2000 Mph Car Actually Possible?

Posted January 03, 2012 7:35 AM

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It's just another unexceptional small industrial park along the edge of the town of Apple Valley in Southern California's high desert. One cinder-block building is divided into nine 2000-or-so-square-foot work spaces with roll-up garage doors. In one unit, there's a cheerleader academy. In another, a heating and ventilation company. But unit No. 8 is full of aerospace hardware worthy of the Smithsonian. And it all belongs to Waldo Stakes. To Stakes, these parts aren't artifacts; they are the guts of his Sonic Wind Land Speed Research Vehicle, a rocket car he hopes will break the current land speed record of 763.035 mph and believes could potentially go as fast as 2000 mph.

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01/03/2012 7:42 AM

2000 mph and 2000 mpg are about equally stupid (especially combined). Get real.

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01/03/2012 7:55 AM

What about 2000sq.ft?

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01/03/2012 8:01 AM

Hummer2 (or maybe 3?)

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01/03/2012 8:08 AM

Yeah, good luck gettin insurance for that!

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01/03/2012 8:52 AM

Where's the mass market?

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01/03/2012 8:58 AM

Around 2000 Kg!

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01/03/2012 9:09 AM

This is getting silly.

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01/03/2012 11:10 PM

I'd be impressed if he could build wheels that could spin that fast and maintain contact with the earth without incident.. with or without a driver It's a frightening idea..

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01/04/2012 9:18 AM

A prime candidate for the Darwin Awards......

Q: "Where's Waldo?"

A: Splattered all over the desert floor.......

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01/04/2012 9:32 AM

Watching him try would be most entertaining.

I don't think we've heard the last of Waldo.

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