"When flying low in combat, speed is life. Now,from the left,Captain Smith and Captain Cox return to show center at 300 feet and nearly the speed of sound,".
VOA: standard.2009.11.15
Would you watch it if I had a speed skating TV show?
Officially, the government's pilot plant is a demonstration for others (particularly China, which is building coal plants at breakneck speed) designed to show that the embryonic technology works.