Keyes777 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Seems I’m not the only one having trouble losing rocketshttp://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/11/darpa-readies-hypersonic-aircraft-for-mach-20-launch-test/I think this is their second attempt (first one lasted 9 minutes). I guess no matter how advanced we’ve gotten in space technology, there are still plenty of room for error.(in b4 Jeb should have been at the helm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronos115 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Our TaxDollars at work. :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt'n Skunky Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Homer says, 'DOH!'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrislo27 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Good thing Canada has a horrible space program. They really do. Yet they still don't have a launchpad (I know, they pay someone else (smart 10 year old, no?)) EDIT:More likeDERPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEvo Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I heard about this thing. They're planning to turn it into a cruise-missile with worldwide range. They like the idea because it can glide as far as a ballistic missile goes (well, almost), but it doesn't look enough like an ICBM to scare other countries into launching their nukes.And the $320M is the total program cost, not that of a single vehicle. If you're paying $320 million for a missile, it BETTER be able to carry nukes halfway around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldr Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 The cost of progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 It's silly. This test vehicle was intended to crash into the water anyway, after it's flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEvo Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 It's silly. This test vehicle was intended to crash into the water anyway, after it's flight.My thoughts exactly.The press making a big deal out of nothing, as usual. :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semininja Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 It's silly. This test vehicle was intended to crash into the water anyway, after it's flight.I was wondering when someone would say something about that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naiba Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Wow... you acknowledge FOX-NEWS as a genuine news organization…I pity you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrknox Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Faux News is not a legitimate press service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon_Fodder Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Just getting the thing into near-space and then getting it hyper-sonic is a HUGE accomplishment. Since almost nothing has traveled at hyper-sonic speeds in atmosphere they are doing fine for such unknown territory.Note: They have spent $320 mill on the ENTIRE PROGRAM and that's the 2nd test vehicle.Just think how powerful of a system they are creating. If the vehicle is sitting and waiting it can be to any point on Earth in about an hour or less. Pack a warhead on the thing and fly it into the target you can blow up an enemy nuke as they are prepping it for launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEvo Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Faux News is not a legitimate press service.BBC and Al Jazeera English are the only old-media that I trust on world news anymore.Just getting the thing into near-space and then getting it hyper-sonic is a HUGE accomplishment. Since almost nothing has traveled at hyper-sonic speeds in atmosphere they are doing fine for such unknown territory.OMG SO REVOLUTIONARYTHERE'S NO WAY THEY COULD'VE DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BACK IN THE '60s-ohwait...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASSET_%28spaceplane%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-23_PRIMEJust think how powerful of a system they are creating. If the vehicle is sitting and waiting it can be to any point on Earth in about an hour or less. Pack a warhead on the thing and fly it into the target you can blow up an enemy nuke as they are prepping it for launch.Yeah, I guess. I dunno how useful the thing'd actually be, but I will admit it's pretty frickin' cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneakeypete Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 We do a fair bit of hypersonic's research at my uni, including some scramjet research (though i'm not personally involved in any of it). We were the first to light an actual scramject though, supposedly.The technology (that we're using here) has a very long way to go from making burning proof of concept flights to actually powering anything significant though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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