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Brits To Crash Test a Scramjet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the please-give-us-videos-of-that dept.

hywel_ap_ieuan writes "The BBC is reporting that a the "Hyshot consortium" will be testing a scramjet called Hyshot III in Australia on Friday. The fun part: "If everything goes to plan, the experiment will begin at a height of 35 km. As the engine continues its downward path the fuel in the scramjet is expected to automatically ignite. The scientists will then have just six seconds to monitor its performance before the £1m engine eventually crashes into the ground.""

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  1. RTFA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The article really says that The operating system will have just 6 seconds to boot and fire the engine before the jet crashes into the ground.

  2. FQAILtZORS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  3. Re:Not the Brits by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    unwanted religious cults.

    And it became the most successful country in the world. Perhaps it is falling on its face now because of all you atheist twits.

  4. Re:Not the Brits by Dunbal · · Score: 0, Troll

    If they can do that on a shoestring budget, then that's all the better.

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