Nov. 17th, 2004
Merry Mememass!
Nov. 17th, 2004 10:35 amMy LiveJournal 12 Days |
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My True Love gave to me... |
12 aurictechs a-falling. |
11 chaoswolfs a-skating. |
10 deathbytamarinds a-drinking. |
9 docwebsters a-galloping. |
8 eleris a-spitting. |
7 fimbrethils a-spamming. |
6 kshandras a-laughing. |
5 blue madelineushers. |
4 rubbing princeofcairos. |
3 Kuwaiti sammy_grrrls. |
2 chicken soldiergrrrls. |
And a sossity in a cantaloupe tree. |
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern. |
Mach 9.6!!!!
Nov. 17th, 2004 11:19 amNASA 'scramjet' makes historic hypersonic flight off California
A tiny unmanned NASA "scramjet" soared above the Pacific Ocean Tuesday at nearly 10 times the speed of sound, or almost 7,000 mph, in a record-breaking demonstration of a radical new engine technology.
The 12-foot-long X-43A supersonic combustion ramjet flew at about Mach 9.6 or slightly higher, said research engineer Randy Voland, leader of the scramjet propulsion team, during a post-flight press conference at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base.
The exotic aircraft flew under its own power for about 10 seconds after separating from a booster rocket at 111,000 feet, then glided to a splash landing about 800 miles offshore. Analysis of data to determine the exact performance will take several months, but mission officials were jubilant.
"Once again we made aviation history -- we did that in March when we went seven times the speed of sound and now we've done it right around 10 times the speed of sound," said Vince Rausch, Hyper-X program manager from NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia.
"It was an absolutely tremendous experience," said Griff Corpening, chief engineer on two previous X-43A flights. "The research vehicle was absolutely rock-solid stable. Fuel came on as expected and off. All indications now we had a successful experiment."
The X-43A, mounted on a Pegasus rocket used to boost it to flight speed, was carried aloft under the wing of a B-52 aircraft and released at an altitude of 40,000 feet over a test range off the Southern California coast. The rocket motor then fired for a 90-second ascent.
Wow. This is an important step on the quest to lower the cost of getting things into orbit. A scramjet/rocket combo would be a good resuable ground-to-orbit option.
A tiny unmanned NASA "scramjet" soared above the Pacific Ocean Tuesday at nearly 10 times the speed of sound, or almost 7,000 mph, in a record-breaking demonstration of a radical new engine technology.
The 12-foot-long X-43A supersonic combustion ramjet flew at about Mach 9.6 or slightly higher, said research engineer Randy Voland, leader of the scramjet propulsion team, during a post-flight press conference at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base.
The exotic aircraft flew under its own power for about 10 seconds after separating from a booster rocket at 111,000 feet, then glided to a splash landing about 800 miles offshore. Analysis of data to determine the exact performance will take several months, but mission officials were jubilant.
"Once again we made aviation history -- we did that in March when we went seven times the speed of sound and now we've done it right around 10 times the speed of sound," said Vince Rausch, Hyper-X program manager from NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia.
"It was an absolutely tremendous experience," said Griff Corpening, chief engineer on two previous X-43A flights. "The research vehicle was absolutely rock-solid stable. Fuel came on as expected and off. All indications now we had a successful experiment."
The X-43A, mounted on a Pegasus rocket used to boost it to flight speed, was carried aloft under the wing of a B-52 aircraft and released at an altitude of 40,000 feet over a test range off the Southern California coast. The rocket motor then fired for a 90-second ascent.
Wow. This is an important step on the quest to lower the cost of getting things into orbit. A scramjet/rocket combo would be a good resuable ground-to-orbit option.
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Nov. 17th, 2004 12:50 pm(A) First, recommend to me:
1. a movie:
2. a book:
3. a musical artist, song, or album:
(B) I want everyone who reads this to ask me three questions, no more, no less. Ask me anything you want.
(C) Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends to ask you anything & say that you stole it from me.
Blatently stolen from
benkenobigal
1. a movie:
2. a book:
3. a musical artist, song, or album:
(B) I want everyone who reads this to ask me three questions, no more, no less. Ask me anything you want.
(C) Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends to ask you anything & say that you stole it from me.
Blatently stolen from
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My sappy side
Nov. 17th, 2004 02:39 pmOK, I'm a headbanging metalhead.
But some songs just get through to me.
This is one of them. It reminds me of
fimbrethil for some reason.
But some songs just get through to me.
This is one of them. It reminds me of
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