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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. Re:Is this not just about the same as yesterday? by Ctrl-Z · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes, same story, same "editor". Welcome to Slashdot. Please pick up a gift bag from the table on the right.

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  2. Rather US Centric statement by mcbevin · · Score: 0, Troll

    I like this quote from the Mission Information - 'No vehicle has ever flown at hypersonic speeds powered by an air-breathing scramjet engine.'

    Aren't they forgetting a few other countries here - India .... Russia? Didn't even Australia get something flying?

    Maybe they haven't technically flown a _vehicle_, and maybe I'm slightly mistaken here, but I find it almost typical of NASA to so completely ignore these other countries who in this case actually got there first and are possibly (?) more advanced than NASA in this area.

    Of course if your world view is limited to America and the occassional country it chooses to bomb, then the statement is in its way correct :).

  3. Bullocks!! Anglo-Saxons are the superior race !!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

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