Speed enthusiasts hope to build a rocket car that can go faster than a bullet from a handgun -- and break the world land speed record.
If it succeeds the Bloodhound SSC (super sonic car), unveiled at London's Science Museum Thursday, will travel at more than 1,000 mph -- or Mach 1.4 -- beating the existing low altitude record for aircraft of 994 mph.
The vehicle's driver will be wing commander Andy Green, a Royal Air Force fighter pilot, who set the current speed record of 763 mph with Thrust SSC in October 1997.
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