20 Years after 'Hyper-X', UVA team makes NASA hypersonic breakthrough
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 27, 2024
What if the future of space travel were to look less like Space-X's rocket-based Starship and more like NASA's "Hyper-X," the hypersonic jet plane that, 20 years ago this year, flew faster than any other aircraft before or since?
In 2004, NASA's final X-43A unmanned prototype tests were a milestone in the latest era of jet development - the leap from ramjets to faster, more efficient scram
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