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The first successful operational scramjet test just completed in South Australia. The engine reached about Mach 8.
Here's some background: http://www.spacedaily.com/news/future-01a1.html
The official site: http://www.mech.uq.edu.au/hyper/hyshot/
And here's the dissappointly brief news announcement:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-30jul2002-42.htm
No pictures etc, yet, but hopefully there'll be a full press release soon.
I guess this will boost the morale of those underfunded guys at Nasa who are also trying. :mrgrn:
This item has been cross-posted at SR since apparently no-one reads both anymore. :wink:
Here's some background: http://www.spacedaily.com/news/future-01a1.html
The official site: http://www.mech.uq.edu.au/hyper/hyshot/
And here's the dissappointly brief news announcement:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-30jul2002-42.htm
No pictures etc, yet, but hopefully there'll be a full press release soon.
I guess this will boost the morale of those underfunded guys at Nasa who are also trying. :mrgrn:
This item has been cross-posted at SR since apparently no-one reads both anymore. :wink: