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NASA Attempts to Break Record with Mach 10 Flight

Posted by michael on from the fireball dept.

starannihilator writes "Wired News is reporting that NASA is planning on using its new SCRAMJET to break the aircraft speed record (on Earth, anyway) at Mach 10 (7,000 mph or 10-times the speed of sound). Using the hypersonic X-43A, NASA hopes to break the record on Monday, November 15th."

27 comments

  1. mmmm by ChoGGi · · Score: 1

    smell that dupe

  2. from the same-day-dup dept by irix · · Score: 3, Funny

    dup

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    1. Re:from the same-day-dup dept by irc.goatse.cx+troll · · Score: 1

      Not as bad as their dupe google story they went as far as deleting (after it racked up about 25 comments, pretty much all flaming slashdot for posting a dupe within 3 hours of the original).

      My post to it was still in my comment history for a few hours after, then I guess they realised they needed to trash all references to the SID or the next story would carry its posts.

      Still have my moderation history in my messages though,

      TACO - LET THE GNAA BE EDITORS., posted to Google Cranks Up Index, has been moderated Funny (+1).

      It is currently scored Funny (2).

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  3. Come on Michael by lightdarkness · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Twice in one day? Same type of dupe, gotta check that page...

    1. Re:Come on Michael by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Less than four hours. Is that a record? Does somebody keep a record book?

  4. what's the point of daddypants by dleifelohcs · · Score: 1

    I emailed daddypants half an hour ago about the dupe.

    Still, it gets posted.

    1. Re:what's the point of daddypants by avalys · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Yeah, none of the messages I've sent to daddypants have ever been answered.

      Dead links, articles with no links to the stories, dupes, articles with blatant typos (like Christopher Reeves), and so forth.

      Oh well.

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    2. Re:what's the point of daddypants by dleifelohcs · · Score: 1

      I got a reply ONCE, I don't remember who from, but I think the topic was grammar. "Whoops" was the reply.

    3. Re:what's the point of daddypants by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      They must have been thinking of George Reeves.

  5. Mach 10?!?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man, I coulda sworn I just read about this not too long ago. I wonder if anything has changed since then.

    Ahhh, this time it was posted by Michael, not Commander Taco! Cool! I like the Michael stories better.

  6. safety by geg81 · · Score: 1

    If the design could be made stable enough for longer flights, engineers believe the aerospace and defense industries might one day use it to build cheaper rockets and faster missiles.

    Cheaper rockets and faster missiles--I feel safer already. And just think: while it may deliver a deadly nuclear warhead, at least it doesn't pollute on the way to delivering it.

  7. Just wait... by students · · Score: 2, Funny

    Some day, a story will be posted twice in the same day by the same editor. And not because he clicked O.K. twice, either!

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    1. Re:Just wait... by gstoddart · · Score: 1
      ome day, a story will be posted twice in the same day by the same editor. And not because he clicked O.K. twice, either!


      No no no. You don't understand the implications.

      The reason there is a duplicate is they've already done the test, but in a freak accident they slingshotted around the Earth's gravity well, and have gone back in time.

      Now with their special future knowledge, they're announcing they're about to try it again. :-P

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  8. Unforunately... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ... news that this has already been posted on slashdot doesn't itself travel at mach 10.

  9. No, you misunderstand... by darsal · · Score: 3, Funny

    The previous story was about NASA's scramjet, while this one is about Wired's story about it.

    Totally different, see?

  10. On Earth? by razablade · · Score: 1

    Air and subsequently aircraft implies earth the last time I checked.

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  11. woh! by Xypheri · · Score: 1

    a dupe and its not cmdr taco this time????... or did he go in the past and retro dupe the artical! NOW THATS NEWS FOR NERDS!

  12. STNG by DigiShaman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Everyone knows you can't go faster then Warp 10. These folks at Nasa have such an imagination! Puhhhlease!!!

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    1. Re:STNG by bairy · · Score: 1

      Actually it was ST:V that beat.. or rather reached the warp 10 record, although if you read some accounts the older series used to talk about a different scale which went up to warp 13

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  13. Oh Come on! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Do you fuckers even read your own site?

    1. Re:Oh Come on! by cakefool · · Score: 1

      no, too busy trolling as A/C Damnit!

  14. like this one? by bradkittenbrink · · Score: 1

    Some day, a story will be posted twice in the same day by the same editor. And not because he clicked O.K. twice, either!

    TCP/IP Header Bit Added to Improve Security
    IPv4 Headers Investigated
    Evil Bit Added to TCP/IP Packets

    1. Re:like this one? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      April Fools Day doesn't count.

  15. It is NOT a dupe posting! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It isn't a dupe, it's just that it is so fast - you *think* you see it twice.

  16. Then, Warp 10! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Everyone knows you can't go faster then Warp 10.

    If I understand this correctly, warp 10 is achieved when acceleration ceases. When you can't go faster, then - warp 10. Brilliant!

    My god man, do you know what you've done?

  17. in the Matrix by lashi · · Score: 1

    De ja vu means the agents are close by. Time to "scram", people.