| A car travels on the average of 60 mph whereas an | | | | control flights manually with our own response |
| aircraft goes at about 750 mph. So the same | | | | systems. We may need Artificial Intelligence to |
| distance takes different times of travel based on the | | | | monitor such high speed flights from the ground |
| speed of travel. Going by this it should be possible to | | | | station. |
| cover a 1000 miles in 20 mins using technology that | | | | On the lighter side can we then go on travelling |
| travels at 5000 mph. If so what prevents us from | | | | faster and faster. Is there any limitation at all? Yes |
| inventing such technology. | | | | there is a limitation. We cannot go faster than the |
| A rocket requires a speed of 11.5 km/s to escape | | | | speed of light. The speed of light is the speed |
| the gravitational force of attraction of the Earths | | | | photons take to reach the Earth from the Sun. |
| surface. Humans have been successfully transported | | | | According to Albert Einstien no body be it a car or a |
| to space on rockets that go so fast. So what stops | | | | rocket can go faster than the speed of light. |
| us from using such technology for earth flights | | | | Well for all you know going at 5000 MPH is not so |
| between two cities. | | | | difficult. I personally think that it is possible to travel |
| One consideration is obviously the safety of | | | | at 5000 MPH. We should see technology being |
| passengers who are travelling. Going faster than 750 | | | | invented that will carry passengers from SFO to NY |
| mph may cause unrecoverable injuries to the body. A | | | | within 2 mins time and that too with adequate flight |
| second consideration it may not be possible to | | | | safety measures in place as well. |