The ThrustSSC Team are preparing for departure to the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA on Monday September 1st 1997. At present more funds are still required - please see "It's Time To Stand Up And Be Counted" for more details.

Microplex Web Cameras

The very latest status of the car can be seen through the live pictures from our Microplex Web Cameras.

Individual Status Reports

Car

1. The car is undergoing final preparations for transit to America for the record attempt

Team

1. The ThrustSSC Team are packing for Black Rock and the hangar move
2. Andrew Noble is in Gerlach preparing the course for the team's arrival

Equipment

1. Equipment is being packed for Black Rock

Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA

1. Permits to use the desert have been delayed until 6th September. The team will depart for America on the evening of 1st September.
2. Andrew Noble is on site preparing for the team's arrival at the end of August
3. The desert is dry for some 15 miles and the 13-mile course is good

Web Site

1. Accesses are currently running around 330,000 a week
2. The backlog of background information for the Web Site is slowly being cleared

Jeremy Duck...

... is getting very excited about making another overseas trip.

Plans

• Car
  1. Prepare for transit to America
• Equipment
  1. Pack and prepare for transit to America
• Black Rock Desert
  1. Continue track preparations
• Web Site
  1. Continue to work through the backlog...
  2. Pack computers, printers, monitors, scanners, leads, spares, ...
  3. The Web Cameras will be taken offline on the evening of Monday 25th August for packing and transit to America
  4. Updates will continue into the week of Bank Holiday Monday August 25th - a cut-off date will be announced as soon as we know when the last of the computers must be packed. Updates will then resume on arrival on Black Rock around the 3rd of September.

Please check our Runs Database for the very latest information on the progress of ThrustSSC - the database is always updated as soon as possible after the car runs - and always before any report is written and published.

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