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Mach 9.6 still matters: X-43A proved hypersonic flight can’t be simulated away
The set of problems that have never had a “just run it in the tunnel” has never had a hypersonics set. What X-43A has brought ...
Just a couple of decades ago, aviation had some rules. If you wanted to fly fast within the atmosphere, you used a jet engine. The champion here was the SR-71 Blackbird, designed by Lockheed Martin, ...
NASA's X-43A hypersonic demonstrator is gearing up for its second Mach 7 flight attempt next month, the outcome of which may determine whether the program will make a third flight attempt at Mach 10.
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