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Originally posted by Byrd
There wasn't any material (I own some rockets and have flown a few) that could withstand that sort of acceleration. Furthermore, short of leveling everything around it with a massive explosion, there's no way to get something going at around Mach 8 in 4 seconds from a ground launch (even the material from an explosion doesn't travel that fast.)