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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."

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  1. Commercial flights in the future by armando_wall · · Score: 0, Redundant

    We'll soon be able to fly to Japan in less than two hours. It's going to be a truly small world for everyone.

    Putting aside ticket prices and the uncertainty of how this will affect global economy (for good or for bad), there are more interesting times to come.

    I hope I am alive and lucid by then.