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Topic: X43A Ready To Go Again
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ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-25-2004 06:18 PM
   
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/24/plane.nasa/index.html What a ride this would be...! |
gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3398
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 03-25-2004 07:26 PM
I think CNN could at least give credit where credit is due:Quote: "During the test, the 49-foot-long booster rocket will propel the X-43A to about 3,700 mph before the experimental plane detaches from the rocket and flies under its own power using a hydrogen-powered "scramjet" engine, the first such test of the technology" That may be the first time separation has been achieved but maybe, just maybe, they could give credit to the Aussies at the Univ.of Queensland for the HyShot test flight in July 2002 when the scramjet was FIRST successfully test flown:
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/hyshot_020730.html Paul | |
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