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NASA Launches Unmanned Hypersonic Jet
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| November 16, 2004
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Posted on 11/16/2004 3:28:29 PM PST by O.C. - Old Cracker
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To: O.C. - Old Cracker
Did it work?
[looks like a hypodermic missile]
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posted on
11/16/2004 3:32:33 PM PST
by
dasboot
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
We should have flown it at treetop level over Tehran. Let the weird beards know we've got something new in our holster.
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posted on
11/16/2004 3:33:03 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(Taglines? Vikings don't need no steenkin' taglines..............)
To: dasboot
Did it work? Worked great! :-)
To: dasboot
"Did it work?"
I was wondering that myself. The story indicates that it was launched but doesn't say anything about success.
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posted on
11/16/2004 3:34:27 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(I come swinging the olive branch of peace.)
To: cripplecreek
It worked.
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. Preliminary data from the scramjet-powered research vehicle show its revolutionary engine worked successfully at approximately Mach 10, nearly 7000 mph, as it flew at an altitude of approximately 110,000 feet.
"This flight is a key milestone and a major step toward the future possibilities for producing boosters for sending large and critical payloads into space in a reliable, safe, inexpensive manner," said NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe. "These developments will also help us advance the Vision for Space Exploration, while helping to advance commercial aviation technology," Administrator O'Keefe said.
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posted on
11/16/2004 3:35:52 PM PST
by
milestogo
To: cripplecreek
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
X-43A NASA Goes Hypersonic 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. Preliminary data from the scramjet-powered research vehicle show its revolutionary engine worked successfully at approximately Mach 10, nearly 7000 mph, as it flew at an altitude of approximately 110,000 feet.
"This flight is a key milestone and a major step toward the future possibilities for producing boosters for sending large and critical payloads into space in a reliable, safe, inexpensive manner," said NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe. "These developments will also help us advance the Vision for Space Exploration, while helping to advance commercial aviation technology," Administrator O'Keefe said.
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posted on
11/16/2004 3:36:01 PM PST
by
O.C. - Old Cracker
(When the cracker gets old, you wind up with Old Cracker. - O.C.)
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
Oh big deal! The EU has a probe landing on the month that only took 13 months to get there (an earth moon, not Mars).
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
Great. Some private guys just made it to space in a hang glider and NASA wants to demonstrate their competence by shooting missiles into the ocean. Send them another $100 billion!
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posted on
11/16/2004 3:37:12 PM PST
by
Jaysun
(Wal-Mart is wonderful.)
To: CWOJackson
I hope that moon probe takes some pics of the dark side of the moon.
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posted on
11/16/2004 3:38:14 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ...... The War on Terrorism is the ultimate 'faith-based' initiative.)
To: RadioAstronomer
Mach 9; Shmock 9. What did the stewardesses look like?
To: Jaysun
You don't care to see your tax dollars spent on innovations in aerospace technology? You'd prefer some other nation to take the lead? Perhaps we should defer to France or the U.K.? Or maybe encourage the U.N. to take over our space program? We'll continue to fund it, just let them run things.
It means something to be a leader and sometimes we have to spend tax dollars on something bigger than ourselves instead of just making improvments on your comfort zone.
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posted on
11/16/2004 3:44:38 PM PST
by
O.C. - Old Cracker
(When the cracker gets old, you wind up with Old Cracker. - O.C.)
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
That thing looks like a mock-up.
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posted on
11/16/2004 3:46:36 PM PST
by
PeterFinn
("Tolerance" means WE have to tolerate THEM, they can hate us all they want.)
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
The 12-foot-long X-43A "scramjet"GI Joe is the pilot?
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posted on
11/16/2004 3:48:16 PM PST
by
chemicalman
(Finally an answer for the prisoner problem at Abu Ghraib: Don't take any.)
To: MeanWestTexan
LMAO - stop! My side hurts I'm laughing so hard!
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posted on
11/16/2004 3:48:21 PM PST
by
jazztrptman
(Bremer was the problem, not the lack of troops.)
To: PeterFinn
this was a test platform, only 3.7m long.
SMOKIN'
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posted on
11/16/2004 3:48:48 PM PST
by
mondoman
(si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: chemicalman
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posted on
11/16/2004 3:48:58 PM PST
by
O.C. - Old Cracker
(When the cracker gets old, you wind up with Old Cracker. - O.C.)
To: Jaysun
I think this is the technology that will allow us to deliver payloads of nastiness 1/3 the way around the globe on two hours' notice; and upgrade anti-missile defenses.
Good deterrent.
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posted on
11/16/2004 3:53:44 PM PST
by
dasboot
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
The craft was designed to sink...
I have this brick that was designed to sink, too.
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posted on
11/16/2004 3:57:12 PM PST
by
BJClinton
(And your crybaby whiny-assed opinion would be ....?)
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