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MADem

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29. BAD NEWS.....It broke up....crashed into the sea.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Aug 15, 2012, 03:06 PM

Aug 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/15/us-usa-hypersonic-flight-idUSBRE87E0YU20120815

(Reuters) - An unmanned experimental hypersonic military aircraft called the Waverider broke apart over the Pacific Ocean seconds into a test flight due to a faulty control fin, the U.S. Air Force said on Wednesday.

The problem with the fin was identified 16 seconds after a rocket booster on the X-51A aircraft was ignited to increase its speed in a test flight on Tuesday morning, the Air Force said in a statement.

Fifteen seconds later, when the X-51A separated from the rocket booster, it lost control due to a "faulty control fin," the statement said. The 31 seconds of flight fell far short of the military's goal for the X-51A to fly for five minutes.

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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