NASA comes through in the end...

Good :)

Maybe this time the next mail I get from the US will take less than six weeks to get here :retard3:
 
Stop Laughing said:
It'll be there in four, but be badly damaged for being dropped from the sky too high.
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Or wet from being dropped too soon, and having to skip it's way across some of the Atlantic... ;)
 
It's a pilotless vehicle. Who's going to drop the mail out? It did, after all, require the ocean to stop it.
 
Gonz said:
It's a pilotless vehicle. Who's going to drop the mail out? It did, after all, require the ocean to stop it.
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one thing at a time...at least the new technology works...last time it went ka-blewy....
 
The intent wasn't to break any records but to create a fuel efficient jet... This one fed on the atmospheres oxygen.
 
tonks said:
one thing at a time...at least the new technology works...last time it went ka-blewy....
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That was a self destruct. The booster's directional fins failed and they blew it up.
 
Oz said:
:alienhuh:

*changes his address*
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Now, now...Although the UK is a small area, we, in the US have grown quite fond of you blokes...except the rugby players, and would do nothing to harm individuals like yourself...unless, of course, you like rugby... :hmm:
 
I'm not taking any chances..........I'm not gonna find meself sitting on the bog if a dirty great big airplane is gonna come crashing through the roof :eek:

Me mail will just have to be delivered the old fashioned way..........by row boat judging by the time it takes ;)
 
yes, but the shuttle is a thirty y/o bathtub with wings, this is supposed to be something spiffy and new.
 
In order for a scramjet to work, the aircraft must be going at at least mach 6. The only way to get a vehicle up to that speed is with a rocket engine. Once the rocket was finished firing, the scramjet took over, and accelerated the X43 up to around Mach 7. Perhaps I sense some jealousy here...;)
 
Well, since this was only a test model for the engine, I imagine that they'll figure a way to get the real deal up to speed in a non cheating fashion. Possibly mag lev/linear accelerator. But for a test-of-concept engine, I imagine that they simply decided on going the cheap route and save the money for building a better engine based on what they learned on this run. After all, spending all the money necessary on a dedicated launch platform for a non functional engine might be seen as waste.
 
Gato_Solo said:
In order for a scramjet to work, the aircraft must be going at at least mach 6. The only way to get a vehicle up to that speed is with a rocket engine. Once the rocket was finished firing, the scramjet took over, and accelerated the X43 up to around Mach 7. Perhaps I sense some jealousy here...;)
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i drive a rusty `90 sable, i have trouble going the speed limit, much less 7 times the speed of sound.
 
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