The Bloodhound Supersonic Car (SSC) project is aimed at retaining and increasing the world land speed record to lOOOmph. But at the same time it is an iconic project designed to encourage young people to consider careers in science and engineering In the 1960s and 1970s children were inspired and stimulated by aerospace projects such as Concorde, Vulcan, and the Harrier. In the US the manned space programme stimulated a massive increase in postgraduate studies. But in recent years it has seemed that there have been fewer stimulating projects and interest waned at school level. Bloodhound SSC is designed to be the modern iconic projectand its promoter say there has never been an educational activity with this degree of potential.
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