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Australian Scramjet Launched

Posted by michael on from the lawn-dart dept.

CaptainAlbert writes: "The University of Queensland, Australia is reporting the (possible) success of their "HyShot" scramjet test. The BBC have got this covered too. Apparently, they're now poring over the data loggers, trying to figure out if it actually flew under its own power." We had a story about these guys a while back.

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  1. Automobile parts by itsnotme · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hey! Why dont we all get together and build our own scramjets? :-) they said that they built it from parts off the automobile shelf.. so why not look at your car in a new way and wonder how it works at mach 5? :-D

  2. To London... by guusbosman · · Score: 0, Troll

    The things the poor Aussies do to get to London :) It must be rather hard living down there.

    Only kidding of course. But I think it's a cool academical experiment: put a rocket into space and spend weeks trying to find out whether it actually worked... :)

  3. Re:Saving Costs by saqmaster · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hm,

    Thanks for your 'interesting' reply.

    Couple of things:

    a) I'm not American.
    b) I have no interest in US Congress.

    However, I have been to KSC and it was rather boring.

    Thanks, and please use more brain power on your next response..

    --
    "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story..."