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Second Test of X-43A Scramjet Tomorrow

Posted by michael on from the once-the-rockets-go-up-who-cares-where-they-come-down dept.

pinkUZI writes "NASA says its new Hyper-X, a jet capable of flying some 5,000mph - seven times the speed of sound - will be ready to take a test cruise across the Pacific this Saturday. This is actually NASA's second attempt; the first, in 2001, failed when stabilizing fins flew off the plane's booster rocket and controllers ordered the craft destroyed. CNN has the story." NASA's mission web page has more information, photos, etc.

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  1. Zoom zoom by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    They should send that annoying zoom zoom kid from the Mazda commercials up. After all, he's a brit, so all he ahs to look forward to is fish and chips, soccer riots, and rotting teeth.

  2. Mod parent up, it's not a troll - it's the truth. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You anti-semitic motherfuckers in denial about your own inferiority.

  3. Use of technology by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And naturally, this fantastic new aircraft technology will be used by the US for peaceful exploits. Rather than say, bombing civilians into the ground just to get our hands on somebody else's oil.