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Friday, March 25, 2011

X-51 Wave Rider to Launch Tomorrow?

If things go according to plan, the vehicle will accelerate past Mach 6 soon.  I guess we'll see.  FYI, the link below has some surprising details regarding previous test results as well as vehicle construction techniques.  If I read them correctly, the vehicle subsystems are actually inside the fuel tank!  Really?  I guess that is one way to keep things cool...

http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/modified-x-51a-waverider-ready-for-next.html

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