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LongTomH
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Thu May-27-10 01:46 PM Original message |
Hypersonic aircraft shatters aviation records |
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ProudDad
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Thu May-27-10 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh, no...you know what this means |
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Archae
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Thu May-27-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Talk about hauling ass! |
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On the Road
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Thu May-27-10 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Couple of Pics |
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LongTomH
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Thu May-27-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. More and more interesting! |
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skyounkin
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Thu May-27-10 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. Reminds me of a book I read- |
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paulkienitz
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Thu May-27-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. that thing is indeed more a missile than a plane |
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formercia
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Thu May-27-10 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. Nice Kinetic Energy weapon. |
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tammywammy
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Thu May-27-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Here's a video |
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LisaM
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Thu May-27-10 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. So what happens to the ocean at the point where this projectile hits? |
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Fastcars
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Thu May-27-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I Think... |
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Posteritatis
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Thu May-27-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Not for a few yards in every direction from it, but it's not going to vaporize ecosystems. |
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LastLiberal in PalmSprings
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Fri May-28-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. The test was over the Pacific Ocean, not the Gulf of Mexico |
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Lochloosa
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Thu May-27-10 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Cut-away of the super cool hypersonic engine |
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LongTomH
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Thu May-27-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Thanks for posting the cut-away. |
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John Q. Citizen
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Thu May-27-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Nice info! |
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Blue_Tires
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Thu May-27-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. must be a fun ride... |
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Bette Noir
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Thu May-27-10 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. Very cool. I wish I had seen it. |
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tinrobot
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Thu May-27-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. Very cool, but why is this being built? |
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Duchess
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Thu May-27-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Or prevent death more quickly |
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ThomThom
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Thu May-27-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. maybe we can put in a firebird and take it to the drag strip? |
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daleo
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Thu May-27-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Why destabalize the situation? |
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architect359
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Thu May-27-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Not necessarily |
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tinrobot
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Thu May-27-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I'd rather spend the money on mass transit than fast transit. |
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krispos42
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Thu May-27-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. Over 5100 ft per second |
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muriel_volestrangler
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Thu May-27-10 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. The problem with this is the other components needed to get it supersonic |
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Joe Chi Minh
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Thu May-27-10 05:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. That's not the Hotol plane they were talking about years ago, is it? That |
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muriel_volestrangler
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Thu May-27-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I can't remember the exact details of the HOTOL plane concept |
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depakid
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Thu May-27-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Scramject technology- the concept's been around for a long time |
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Joe Chi Minh
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Sat May-29-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Thanks for that, Muriel, though I'm not a lot more clued-up on these kinds of thinggies. And what |
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Thu May-27-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. India's Avatar will take off like an airplane and go into orbit |
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LongTomH
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Fri May-28-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. This is a scary development! |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Thu May-27-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. OK, I think all that's missing now is "able to leap tall buildings in a single bound". Correct? |
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azul
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Thu May-27-10 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
30. Flying fast is one thing, |
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Ter
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Sat May-29-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
34. Pft, Mach 5 |
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LongTomH
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Sun May-30-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. The Aurora never existed! |
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