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NASA’s X-43A Scramjet Almost Hit Mach 10 But Got the Hypersonic ‘Axe’

A’s Legacy Go Operational? -In 2004, NASA’s X-43A set the air-breathing speed record at Mach 9.6, validating scramjet combustion but only for 10 seconds before gliding to splashdown. -The demo ended ...
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Why This Jet Concept Has 68 Engines

Why did someone propose 68 engines on one plane? The Griffith VTO concept attempted to overcome the hardest problems in ...