The Wiz on the Street

In a test of the X-51A jet last week, it reached speeds of mach 5 for over three minutes, the longest hypersonic flight by a factor of ten. So the Wizard hit the streets again, asking, "What do you think?"


Erin Kramer Systems Analyst

"It must have been so cool when the phrase 'Holy shit!' finally caught up to the jet 15 minutes later."

Bart Magnuson Signaler

"That's amazing! Now when it comes to what we use that sort of thing for, what exactly do we use that sort of thing for?"

Martin Licht Vegetable Sorter

"What? I'm sorry you'll have to speak up. Yesterday this thing going at mach 5 flew over my house."

*American Voices, The Onion