Shooting for Mach 10

Posted November 11th, 2004 by AlphaPatriot and filed in Science & Technology
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X43-A.jpgMach 10: coast to coast in 20 minutes.

NASA will attempt to shatter their previous aircraft speed record of Mach 6.83 (5,200 mph) next week.

So fast it could put satellites in space. So fast it could drop a cruise missile on an enemy target, almost like shooting a rifle….

The flight will last perhaps 10 seconds and end with the pilotless aircraft plunging to a watery grave 850 miles off the California coast.

God speed, little scramjet.

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