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Scramjet Success in Australia

Posted by chrisd on from the faster-than-a-speeding-uh-sr71 dept.

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?"

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  1. A little more info by Bastian · · Score: 5, Informative

    A diagram of the difference in design between a ramjet and a scramjet engine can be found here.

    For more information, check out the HyShot homepage.