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JimH

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OT -- Milestone -- Scramjet does Mach 10
« on: November 16, 2004, 05:11:44 pm »
NASA's X-43A Scramjet Breaks Speed Record
NASA's X-43A research vehicle screamed into the record books today, demonstrating an air-breathing engine can fly at nearly 10 times the speed of sound.

http://www.nasa.gov/missions/research/x43-main.html

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Re:OT -- Milestone -- Scramjet does Mach 10
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2004, 08:29:17 am »
Very cool!

Even better considering how close to being cancelled this program was.

Hopefully it will continue development so that one day I can fly from Beijing to Chicago in 2 hours. Then I'd be able to enjoy a real pizza and make it back for work!

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Re:OT -- Milestone -- Scramjet does Mach 10
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2004, 04:47:52 pm »
NPR reports that its now going to be mothballed as it has no purpose for NASA as eventually their space vehicles move beyond oxygen.

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