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V-22 Osprey: $20 billion; 25 year; 30 lives....
Rob Arndt wrote:
On Sep 29, 10:36?pm, (Richard Casady) wrote: On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:26:26 -0500, Dan wrote: Man was never intended to fly nor travel faster than a horse. The fact is that over long distances, 100 mi, say, a man can outrun a horse. You can catch them, eventually just by chasing them until they are too tired to go on. This applies to open country, without fences, of course. Casady In Wales they have a competition between runners and horse riders over a stretch of land and the horse doesn't always win. Same for that trendy sport of running through cities over everything in your path (can't think of the name of it right now). Those guys have beaten cars in city races! Plenty of fences, terraces, bridges, inclines, stairs, railings, buildings, vehicles, etc... in the way too. Rob On "Top Gear" (motoring show, BBC(?)) The host (Jeremy Clarkson) "raced" a marathon runner over the London marathon route... It wasn't rush hour, but... Guess who won. |
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