NASA’s X43 Flies

NASA’s X43 scramjet test plane flew at speeds exceeding mach 7 and altitudes of 100,000 feet today. I believe that’s a new air-breathing speed record. GlobalSecurity.org has a nice wite-up on it.

4 Comments to “NASA’s X43 Flies”

  1. This is a great development too bad they don’t have plans to follw up with the next step.

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