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Japanese Shuttle Crashes in Sweden

Posted by michael on from the lawn-dart dept.

spacecomputer writes "Japanese delta wing space shuttle crashes in Sweden field during high speed test. Another setback for the Hope-X program."

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  1. Why are they having trouble? by GuyMannDude · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'd think Japan would be the last place to be having trouble getting a large, heavy, stiff object to fly at great speeds. Can't they just study how Rodan does it?

    Next you'll be telling me they're having trouble demolishing buildings...

    GMD

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  2. Not that bad by womprat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It doesn't sound like that much of a setback. It was unmanned, crashed in a field because only one of three parachutes opened.
    And this quote: "From a scientific perspective, it was a success because we collected the data we were looking for."

    1. Re:Not that bad by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Funny

      "It doesn't sound like that much of a setback. It was unmanned, crashed in a field because only one of three parachutes opened."

      Japanese scientists are insisting that no wing damage occured when Godzilla took a swipe at it.

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  3. Did anybody else read the headline... by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and picture a sheep standing in the middle of a field wearing a surprised expression on it's face and a shuttle protruding from it's rear?

  4. When I first read the headline... by Higman · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..I thought isn't Sweden a little far from Japan? Gave me the impression that the "high-speed" portion of the test was a success...

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  5. hmmm..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I bet their shuttle gets a lot better mileage than American shuttles do though. :)

  6. .8 mach is SLOW by Dolphinzilla · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just for reference an ancient Boeing 707 can do .85 mach or better.