What they mean by "Successfully tested." is that the rocket went up, turned around (harder than you think, the damn things rotating at 5hz) then recorded some data and smashed back into the earth.
(yeah it was a one way trip, someone above asked
Whether the scramjet itself worked, is the unknown bit, but they had it going in the T4 shock tubes so it should go Ok.
(I hope it does, maybe then our mechanical engg. lecturers will stop going on about it...)
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What they mean by "Successfully tested." is that the rocket went up, turned around (harder than you think, the damn things rotating at 5hz) then recorded some data and smashed back into the earth.
(yeah it was a one way trip, someone above asked
Whether the scramjet itself worked, is the unknown bit, but they had it going in the T4 shock tubes so it should go Ok.
(I hope it does, maybe then our mechanical engg. lecturers will stop going on about it...)