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DARPA Loses Contact With Hypersonic Glider

Posted by timothy on from the shout-faster dept.

x_IamSpartacus_x writes "DARPA says contact with its experimental hypersonic glider was lost after launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast. The agency says in Twitter postings that its unmanned Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 was launched Thursday atop a rocket, successfully separated from the booster and entered the mission's glide phase. The agency says telemetry was subsequently lost, but released no details."

3 of 194 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Oh no! by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cover story. SkyNet is now operational.

    --
    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."
  2. They should've just had it check in by revjtanton · · Score: 3, Funny

    If they're updating us that they lost it with Twitter they should've just had it check in with Foursquare when it landed so they could find it. Duh!

  3. damn wormholes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Poor John Crichton, lost in space now and surrounded by puppets, I mean aliens.