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Hypersonics Overhype
My latest TechCentralStation column is up.
Posted by Rand Simberg at March 30, 2004 10:33 PM
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It was still way cool to watch. :-)
Posted by Dean Esmay at March 31, 2004 01:21 AM
Rand you party pooper! i think all the sceptics will be proven wrong. one day we will have ramjet-scramjet powered flight at high altitudes and high speeds, perhaps not 100-seat passenger aircraft, but certainly for a small crew. if we want to develop our access to space we have to improve the existing technology, the space shuttle cannot last forever. Hypersonic air-breathing propulsion will prove itself, just you wait and see!!
Posted by S. Bird at March 31, 2004 04:43 AM
Thank you for the article! I've been saying for some years (say . . . . since BEFORE NASP?), that rockets make more sense than air-breathing vehicles.
Begs the question: Do WE REALLY want to be a space-faring civilization, or do we just want to spend a lot of money on "cool ideas?"
Posted by Adrian Reilly at April 6, 2004 03:17 PM
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