Supersonic Crazy People

It's Crazy People Day on the science and technology pages.

The BBC reports that technical glitches on the Bloodhound supersonic car have been fixed so that progress can be made on an attempt to break the world land speed record.  The car -- if one can call a hybrid aircraft/rocket engine with a steering wheel a car -- is being designed to drive 1,000 miles per hour (yes, 1,000 mph!), or about 30 percent faster than sound at sea level.

So long as the car doesn't fly off the ground (and the designers have apparently fixed that problem), they should be good to go late next year, with Wing Commander Andy Green strapped into the beast and hitting the gas.

And lately Toyota has been getting all the press about going fast...  I'll say it again.  1,000 miles per hour on land.