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Boeing's X-51 WaveRider Jet Crashes In Mach 6 Attempt

Posted by Soulskill on from the unscheduled-water-landing dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Boeing's experimental hypersonic X-51 WaveRider aircraft crashed today during an attempt to hit Mach 6 while traveling over the Pacific Ocean. The cause of the crash was a faulty control fin, which compromised the test before the Scramjet engine could be lit. A vehicle traveling at Mach 6 (six times the speed of sound) would be able to travel from New York to London in just one hour."

2 of 190 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Prediction: by CanHasDIY · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    As was recently said to me:

    Here it is, 2012, and we still lack the capability to punch someone over TCP/IP...

    --
    An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
  2. Re:Prediction: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    used to be we wanted to stab people.

    http://bash.org/?4281