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2. "The aircraft is known as the Waverider because

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Aug 15, 2012, 07:20 AM

Aug 2012

it stays airborne, in part, with lift generated by the shock waves of its own flight."

Fascinating. And scary that it is supposed to make it from New York to London in an hour. But not developed for passenger flights.

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US military tests hypersonic jet [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2012 OP

You mean this thing? leveymg Aug 2012 #1

"The aircraft is known as the Waverider because lunatica Aug 2012 #2

I'm going to guess you're younger then 30 Confusious Aug 2012 #3

I'll be 64 in about a week lunatica Aug 2012 #5

Heh, his post was a nice example of some of the ageist silliness here, wasn't it? (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #19

Hey, TYPE LOUDER AND SLOWER, please. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2012 #20

Confusious Diclotican Aug 2012 #6

There is even less time to prepare if you're dealing with missiles from nuke subs. Selatius Aug 2012 #7

This is eventually going to be a hypersonic cruise missile... MicaelS Aug 2012 #11

You know whats cool? Missycim Aug 2012 #4

Here's news: We built hypersonic aircraft in the mid-1950s - The X-15 leveymg Aug 2012 #8

You dont think Missycim Aug 2012 #12

See my comments further down! LongTomH Aug 2012 #22

ho-hum? I'm still waiting for my promised flying car Brother Buzz Aug 2012 #25

I want my jet pack and Missycim Aug 2012 #27

Well I think it's cool, and the future of air travel. Proles Aug 2012 #9

Not likely unless you want to pay $150 million a seat to go from NY to LA. leveymg Aug 2012 #10

Now it costs that much Missycim Aug 2012 #13

You don't have to rebuild a cell phone every time you use it. leveymg Aug 2012 #14

So its more of a material science Missycim Aug 2012 #15

Precisely. leveymg Aug 2012 #17

There has to be a way Missycim Aug 2012 #18

Yeah, it's definitely not an economical form of transportation now, even for Proles Aug 2012 #28

Seroiusly stupid boys and their seriously stupid war toys. Get a life worth living! Dont call me Shirley Aug 2012 #16

Shades of the 'National Aerospace Plane' LongTomH Aug 2012 #21

Yep we need it, the threat from Iran dictates we buy thousands DainBramaged Aug 2012 #23

Home defense weapons - NRA says every American family should have at least one spaceplane. leveymg Aug 2012 #24

Well at the very least, we need to 'give' israel at least a few billion dollars worth of these jets. Purveyor Aug 2012 #26

BAD NEWS.....It broke up....crashed into the sea. MADem Aug 2012 #29

Doncha feel safer? No? Any civilian use for such technology will be ferrying one-percenters around. Scuba Aug 2012 #30