Watch the world's first supersonic car smash its first public test

Bloodhound SSC, a British team that's planning on using a jet engine strapped to wheels to travel at 1,000mph, just hit an important milestone. The team hit 200mph during a first public test run on an airfield in south-west England. Getting a jet-powered car to travel safely at that speed is difficult -- just ask Richard Hammond! -- and the fact that it went off without a hitch is a testament to how far the project's come. The Bloodhound car is powered by a military jet engine, and ultimately sh...