Watch the SSC Tuatara break the speed record. This time it’s real. This record was achieved at the Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 17. Some of the other numbers worth shouting about include reaching the top speed of 286 mph in a distance of just 1.9 miles, accelerating from 274-286 mph in only 2.87 seconds, and reaching 244 mph in just one mile. The Tuatara has now broken the two-way speed record which previously stood at 277.9 mph, a mark set by t