Concorde 2.0: New York to London in an hour?

A new rocket-propelled successor to the supersonic Concorde is in the works. Is the Zero Emission Hypersonic Transport (Zehst) the future of flying?

A model of the ZEHST
(Image credit: Facebook/EADS)

European aerospace giant EADS, the company behind the AirBus, confirmed on Monday that it plans to build a hypersonic successor to the Concorde, which was retired eight years ago. The Zehst (Zero Emissions High Speed Transport) would be able to fly from Paris to Tokyo in 2.5 hours, or from the U.S. to the U.K. in an hour. Here's a quick briefing on the rocketplane of the circa-2050 future:

What exactly is the Zehst?

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