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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."

7 of 405 comments (clear)

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

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

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

  3. 4 posts... by chimpo13 · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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

    new speed record

    African or European?

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

    mach 10 = 20461245.5 furlongs per fortnight

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

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