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India Plans Hypersonic Space Plane by 2007
MaximusTheGreat writes "While India has announced plans for a hypersonic plane (speeds greater than mach 5) before, this is the first time a firm date for test of an unmanned plane has been given. Final version of this plane called Aerobic Vehicle for Hypersonic Aerospace Transportation (AVATAR) is envisaged to deliver a 500 kg to 1,000 kg payload to low earth orbit. It will reduce the cost of space travel to a fraction to what it is today, by being completely reusable. Also, by allowing hypersonic speeds, it would for example reduce the travel time from Sydney, Australia to New York to less than 3 hrs. The crucial technology in the development of Hypersonic planes is supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet). India has already demonstrated the basic technology of ramjets by the development of world's fastest cruise missile Brahmos which outspeeds famous US Tomahawk by three times, and by ground tests of scramjets. US, Australia and Japan are also pursuing similar programs."
Now they can outsource my job to orbit, where they don't have to pay for gravity or air...
Now *that's* what I call the fastest call center on Earth!
Sunday you're Thinking Different, Monday you're a huge tool, paying too much and waiting to think like everyone else.
India said they planned to outsource the programming to lower paid US programmers.
I think you're a bit confused here. This story is about India, not the USA.
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> First our jobs, now are missiles.
I guess they've taken our ability to write coherent English as well.