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NASA to Attempt Mach 10 Flight Next Week

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hello-john-val-says-hi dept.

Dirak writes "NASA intends to break its own aircraft-speed record for the second time this year by flying X43a scramjet ten times faster than sound. On November 15 the X-43A supersonic-combustion ramjet - or scramjet - will again take to the skies aiming for Mach 10."

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  1. basic research by f00zy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Mod me offtopic, but after reading these posts, I wonder why so many people feel the need to bash NASA. Basic research costs money. Sometimes it turns into nothing, other times it turns into the next big thing... as in the next big thing you wouldn't have thought about unless someone else made a leap of faith. NASA does that.