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X-43A Hits Mach 7

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the doing-it-and-doing-it-well dept.

quiggy writes "As previously reported, NASA tested the X-43A yesterday. The results are in, and the scramjet hit Mach 7, setting a new speed record. CNN is also reporting the story, with a note that a similar jet could be tested by the end of the year, hopefully reaching Mach 10."

13 of 405 comments (clear)

  1. But at that speed... by Alt_Cognito · · Score: 4, Funny

    They will need to go back and save the whales etc...

  2. Mach 7? by RadRafe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't that a shaver? You know, the one with seven blades?

  3. Mach 10? Mach 10? by burgburgburg · · Score: 5, Funny
    The engines canna take it, Cap'n.

  4. 4 posts... by chimpo13 · · Score: 5, Funny

    and not a single Speed Racer joke. I'll reload in 30 seconds.

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  5. How soon before... by DoctorPepper · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can get one of these for my Toyota Corolla? Man, that sure would cut my commute time down!

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  6. Re:sublight speed ;) by Fisher99 · · Score: 3, Funny

    So officially they can now call them sublight engines.

  7. How fast .. by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 5, Funny

    new speed record

    African or European?

  8. First Mach 10... by Evanrude · · Score: 4, Funny

    Then Quantum Leap. Where will Scott Bakula show up next??

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  9. Re:CNN gets it wrong by openmtl · · Score: 5, Funny
    The new trans-Atlantic flight time is now 6 hours....
    Midtown to JFK - 1 hour (off peak)
    JFK TIA/Homeland/Patriot-enabled security -> Plane seat - 3 Hours
    US -> UK flight time in new Mach 10 rocket - 2 Hours

    Total time 6 hours. Your bags though would arrive 2 days later assuming that they hadn't been blown up in an anti-terrorist "controlled explosion" at LAX.

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  10. Yeah!! by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 4, Funny


    NASA overclockers RULE!!

  11. Re:Mach 10 by dynoman7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    mach 10 = 20461245.5 furlongs per fortnight

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  12. Re:At the present rate by alphorn · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's not impossible, it's just infinitely improbable.

  13. Re:Armchair physicists are idiots by 0x0d0a · · Score: 4, Funny

    4) The toyota corolla attachment won't be out until 2006.

    Bullshit. Toyota announced that they will not be selling *any* vehicles with the scramjet until it completes product safety retesting, which will be finished in 2008 at the earliest. Apparently, the flux capacitor doesn't perform as expected above about 88 mph.

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