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Scramjet Success in Australia
glengyron writes "Australia's ABC reports today that a University of Queensland team have successfully tested a supersonic scramjet (air-breathing supersonic combustion ramjet engine). Read more here or here. Great to see after previous problems. Does the future of air travel still include those breakfast egg-roll things?"
I would much rather ram Natalie Portman
OK first off, the abc.au news piece was an abomination of English:
"In South Australia's outback history has been made with a team from the University of Queensland successfully flight testing their supersonic air-breathing scramjet engine atop a rocket.
How about:
A University of Queensland team made history today when they launched their super-sonic airbreathing scramjet engine atop a rocket. The test was conducted in the outback and was the first successful one of it's kind.
Yech, even that one sucks, easier to read though.
Anyhow, on to the point. Later in the article, it said data was recorded from the descent. Is that descent back to earth or what? Was it controlled or did it just crash land? The other page has almost as little information too, unfortunately.
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Successful scramjet tests, crazy Japanese rocket flops - I don't know what the refugees are complaining about, look at all the entertainment they get!
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I'd be interested in seeing what this implimentation of a scramjet looks like on the actual craft.
I've done the usual google search and found this (which was very nice, but is a little video, not a good image), and this,but was wondering if anyone has found anything more detailed.
Ryan Fenton
Well, considering the feat of testing was accomplished instead of the plane exploding and crashing on unaware kangaroos... one could say they had "successfully tested".
Until this morning no organisation, including NASA in the United States, has been able to successfully test fly a scramjet - an air-breathing supersonic engine.
Umm, I'm sorry, but in my humble opinion, heading straight down and digging a crater in the ground does not constitute "flying". Please be more accurate in your description.