Dr. Robert (Bob) Novella

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe · The Skeptics Guide #827 - May 15 2021 podcast

But imagine this is high hypersonic speed, 10 to 10 to 17 kilometers. matched

or so. matched

You can get anywhere on the Earth within two hours. matched

Two hours. matched

I mean, just go to Australia and be there in under two hours. matched

That's amazing. matched

But even better than that, in a lot of ways, this would allow a space plane with an SSTO, that's single stage to orbit, it would take off like a plane and get into space, basically, without any rocket boosters. matched

That would be – that's a game changer right there. matched

But the thing is what makes this really disruptive is that right now there's essentially no radar or missile defense anywhere that could deal with – like if we had a hypersonic missile like this, that's scary. matched

That's something that a lot of other countries would take notice of and that's – when I say that this could be a disruptive technology, that's part of it. matched

And how about this? matched

a missile, or even if you take over control over a hypersonic plane, you don't even need nukes or explosives on board. matched

Because just think about this kinetic energy traveling at Mach 17, 13,000 miles an hour, 21,000 kilometers per hour. matched

The kinetic energy alone would do nuclear-level type of damage, like a low-yield nuke. matched

That's an amazing amount of kinetic energy. matched

It's so powerful you don't even need a nuke or even explosives on board. matched

So then you might think, you know, wow, should we even do this? matched

Well, duh. matched

I mean, you can't even ask that question because this is going to happen. matched

And in fact, it may have already happened. matched

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