LAPCAT!

(via inhabitat.com)

"In a hurry? Need to get from Sydney to Brussels in a dash? Not too far in the future you may be able to travel that entire distance in less than 4 hours - emissions free - thanks to an amazing hypersonic hydrogen jet project called LAPCAT. LAPCAT stands for Long-Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologie, and is funded by the European Space Agency. This type of hypersonic jet would put the Concorde to shame with it’s speed, and the best part is that it would not be powered by the typical fossil fuels, but instead by a much greener hydrogen alternative."
-Jorge Chapa

Wowee wow wow!

I fly a lot and this is very good news.
I hope Richard Branson is buying a few of these for Virgin Airlines.

LAPCAT: it's just fun to say.