the Concorde was a technological marvel. when Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in 1927 , it took him more than thirty hours. A Concorde could make the same journey in under four hours. but it wasn't cheap. in 2002 , a seat on a Concorde flight from New York to London cost over Us$6,300. but for that,you got to travel at twice the speed of sound , 18,288 metres above the ground. Only astronauts higher