One day in the not-too-distant future, people will have breakfast in Baltimore and lunch in Tokyo, says Ajay Kothari.
Two-hour flights from the East Coast to Japan, Australia or Korea, affording passengers a space shuttle-like view of Earth, could become a reality within eight years ‘‘if the whole country wakes up” to the promise of hypersonic aircraft, says Kothari, founder and president of Astrox Corp. of College Park.