Re: NASA 'Scramjet' Soars at Almost 7,000 Mph

From: Uncle Al (UncleAl0_at_hate.spam.net)
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:05:20 -0800

"Bunn E. Rabbit" wrote:
>
> http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041117/D86DA1MG0.html
>
> NASA 'Scramjet' Soars at Almost 7,000 Mph
>
> Nov 16, 7:52 PM (ET)
>
> By JOHN ANTCZAK
>
> LOS ANGELES (AP) - A tiny unmanned NASA "scramjet" soared above the
> Pacific Ocean Tuesday at nearly 10 times the speed of sound, or almost
> 7,000 mph, in a successful demonstration of a radical new engine
> technology.
[snip]

> Like its predecessors, the X-43A will not be recovered from the ocean.
[snip]

I have a real problem with that. If I were an engineer or a
metallurgist I'd be dripping saliva wanting to get my hands on the
scramjet channel and airframe leading edges after the flight. There
is no reason why the thing could not be recovered either sea or land.
Recovery of Space Scuttle SSBs costs more than their fabrication.
When the experiment is exceptional and telemetry is kept but physical
evidence is destroyed, one immediately suspects fraud. 

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