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Mar 24th, 2006 at 3:07am

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The scramjet tests are once again underway in Australia....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4832254.stm
Nearly as fast as Fozzer on his Honda Grin
 

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Reply #1 - Mar 24th, 2006 at 10:02am

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That's fast...! Shocked
 
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Reply #2 - Mar 26th, 2006 at 7:32am

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Great. You get blasted into the stratosphere by a bloody great rocket then you get propelled into the ground at 10 times the speed of sound. A once in a lifetime trip I think. Grin
 

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Reply #3 - Mar 26th, 2006 at 8:14am

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Great. You get blasted into the stratosphere by a bloody great rocket then you get propelled into the ground at 10 times the speed of sound. A once in a lifetime trip I think. Grin


Sounds like a V2...
 
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Reply #4 - Mar 26th, 2006 at 4:29pm

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Well the first test was a success http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4832254.stm I think they'll need to work out the landing procedure a bit before carrying passengers Grin
 

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