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X-43A Mach 10 Mission Scrubbed For Today

Posted by timothy on from the so-it-will-be-nice-and-shiny dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NASA's third X-43A hypersonic research mission has been scrubbed for today due to technical glitches with X-43A instrumentation. When the issues were addressed, not enough time remained in the launch window."

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  1. That's not what happened by asadodetira · · Score: 2, Funny

    It flew so fast that it traveled forward in time. Have you noticed that the X-43A has a little box attached. What do you think the little box does? (Reference to Primer movie)

    1. Re:That's not what happened by Nermal6693 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I travel forward in time every day, and I don't need a little box to do it.

    2. Re:That's not what happened by Fyre2012 · · Score: 1, Funny

      What do you think the little box does?

      it's the flux capacitor

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  2. Any excuse... by Mendy · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... to have the day off "visiting the Black Mesa research facility" ;)

    1. Re:Any excuse... by Zorilla · · Score: 3, Funny

      You go take vacation leave to play Half-Life 1 while the rest of us visit the abandoned plant in eastern Europe, fighting baddies with a crowbar.

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    2. Re:Any excuse... by kko · · Score: 2, Funny

      In other news, Colin Powell resigned today. White House sources say he spent all his time talking about a "Gold edition" and a "steam cache".

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  3. Lies by Ambient_Developer · · Score: 1, Funny

    Technical difficulty, sure.. I bet the pilot was busy getting laid or somthing. Pilots always get the women, especially when chicks know you fly a big powerful mach 10 jet!

    1. Re:Lies by InfiniteWisdom · · Score: 3, Funny

      Its a pilotless plane

    2. Re:Lies by wasted · · Score: 3, Funny

      Its a pilotless plane

      So in true slashdot-reader fashion, nobody gets laid as a result

    3. Re:Lies by tool462 · · Score: 3, Funny

      So the pilot no longer gets laid, he just plays with his joystick?

    4. Re:Lies by hengist · · Score: 1, Funny

      Great, a machine gets it more than most Slashdotters.

  4. I thought TFA said... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...technical glitches...and...Windows...and thought, "Oh, well, that explains it."

  5. not enough time in the launch window? by chochos · · Score: 4, Funny
    not enough time remained in the launch window

    We've all heard about the short uptime of Windows, but this is ridiculous.

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  6. Not the one I want to hear about by kettch · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where's the X-303?

    I watch too much TV :D

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  7. Instrumentation by marko123 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The speedometer only went up to Mach 8

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  8. launch window? by zmollusc · · Score: 1, Funny

    What launch window? Can B52's only fly 9 to 5 now? Does the autonomous drone punch a time clock and go home? Are they scared of bumping into all the other mach 10 aircraft wizzing around at 100,000 feet? wtf?

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