nasa's jet reaches 7,000 mph
 

yes, this is from my homepage of yahoo. ::)

but this is pretty bad ass if you ask me. isnt this like Mach 10?

http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid..._and_Aerospace

"An unmanned NASA jet screamed into the record books high over the Pacific Ocean by reaching speeds of almost 7,000 mph, brightening hopes that humans might one day be able to fly across a continent in minutes instead of hours. The 12-foot-long X-43A supersonic combustion ramjet -- or scramjet -- flew on its own power for just 10 seconds after separating from a booster rocket, but it was enough to excite researchers"
http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com...4242362226.jpg

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That is amazing. I am more interested in the practical aplications of this. Like mentioned in your post, faster flights for travelers.

This will never happen without it being cost effective, which I doubt it is.

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it wouldn't. the person would probably be killed.try to imagine that.

" yes sir, we are ready for take initiation. 3, 2, 1, go.... gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh splat.

couple of seconds later something going really fast kits Cuba and Fidel Castro falls down again and breaks some more ----.

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it's alot more cost effective than carrying liquid oxygen. It will also make space travel easier, even easier than the "White Knight" rocket that literally burns rubber--i'm serious.

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Doesn't seem like it would help out any pratical applications at the moment. Seems like they did so they could brag about it. lol

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Seems like they did so they could brag about it. lol
I kinda had the same feelings....
it was all just a "lets break the speed record" stunt.

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The news report I watched said this was the 1st step in getting to the practical applications of this technology.

They said they are hoping to develop jets that would allow you to fly from Los Angeles to NYC in under 30 minutes! :o

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ironically the scramjet engine is the least complicated and the simpliest Jet engine design ever. Its pretty ingeneous how it works

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yeah they said it could fly from san fransico to new york in 20 min and you can go anywere around the world in 2 hours. How would they fix it so we wouldn't have whip lash though :P

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7000 MPH ? thats it. christ, ive pissed faster ;)