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Mach 10 X43A Flight Successful

Posted by timothy on from the heck-of-a-commute dept.

Sector Bug writes "NASA's X43A research aircraft made its third and final flight today, firing its scramjet engine at Mach 10 (7,000 MPH) or close to it, setting a new record. "

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  1. That camera angle by thundergeek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'd like to smack the guy who was holding the camera in the chase plane! He pissed his pants at the moment of truth.

    Seriously, the announcer was about as dry as the visine comercial dude.

    What's a sig?

  2. X-10? by necro2607 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Did anyone else think of "X-10" when they saw this article's title? ... or even better... "We must destroy X-10... we must destroy all internet ad".. ??

  3. Re:Guinness Record by happyfrogcow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    By the way (and massively OT), doesn't a "Guinness Record" sound like something you'd like to break yourself, at least if it involved consumption?

    Sure Brain, the truckload of elephants is easy enough, but are we going to get Sir Alec Guinness to wear rubber pants?

    NARF!

  4. Re:My SAAB! by networkBoy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OT, but hey:
    Wow. Their jets are far sexier than their cars. . . I really hate their cars, so ugly.
    -nB

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  5. Re:Guinness Record by Embedded+Geek · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Not so much "bar fights," but I had heard it was indeed to settle bar arguments, especially about sports trivia. The fact that the word "Guinness" is proudly displayed was supposed to make the book into an excellent bit of advertising.

    Whether or not that's true, the folks at the Guinness Book have chosen to dodge the topic (here):

    In 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the Guinness Brewery, went on a shooting party and became involved in an argument. Which was the fastest game bird in Europe - the golden plover or the grouse? He realized then that a book supplying the answers to this sort of question might prove popular.

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  6. Re:WTF have you been smoking? by Plural+of+Mongoose · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    AC my ass; I *know* who you are!

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  7. Re:*BSD is dying by syschker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It means nothing really... BSD doesnt drive after market share.. never has

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