First Ever Scramjet Reaches Mach 10

stjobe writes with the news that a group of US and Australian scientists successfully tested a supersonic scramjet engine in the Australian Outback on Friday. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that a rocket carrying the engine reached mach 10, and climbed to an altitude of 330 miles before the apparatus re-entered the Earth's atmosphere. "Australia's Defense Science and Technology Organization (DSTO) said it was believed to be the first time a scramjet had been ignited within the Earth's atmosphere ... Scramjets are supersonic combustion engines that use oxygen from the atmosphere for fuel, making them lighter and faster than fuel carrying rockets. Scientists hope that one day a scramjet aircraft fired into space could cut traveling time from Sydney to London to as little as two hours."

Comments

Re:Why was the altitude changed?

[timmarhy]

do you have a fucking point? learn metric you backwards country

Re:Why was the altitude changed?

[bar-agent]

Just switch to Metric measurements and the Celsius temperature scale already.

Your Moms switched to Celsius. So now instead of a 90F hot MILF, she's a 90C torrid slut and gives you 13 venereal diseases if you just look at her sideways. She also switched from pounds to kilograms, so we're talking Jabba the Hutt here.

Nothin' personal man, I'm just sayin' the metric system ain't for me. But hey, if that's your thing, go ahead and hit it...