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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 01:25 AM
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Scramjet powered unmanned aircraft makes Mach 7.
http://space.com/missionlaunches/x43_launch_040327.html

Aviation history was made today as NASA successfully flew its experimental X-43A research vehicle, a forerunner of craft that could well offer alternate access to space in the future.

Preliminary indications are that the craft appeared to meet a major milestone: propelling itself slightly over Mach 7, seven times the speed of sound, or some 5,000 miles per hour.

Awright! The Hyper-X project might get some more cash coming their way if things go their way.

Could you imagine a Scramjet powered airliner? NYC to Tokyo in a couple of hours!
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Rationality Donating Member (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-04 01:34 AM
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1. That'd be nice, but you know what happened to those concorde jets, do you?
No one's gonna fly those once the novelty wears off unless they become economical. When will that happen? Not in our lifetimes, that's for sure.

Still, it's nice to hear.
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