Finally, I can get that good night's sleep
LOS ANGELES (AP) - 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 successful demonstration of a radical new engine technology...
The flight was the last in a $230 million-plus effort to test technology most likely to be initially used in military aircraft, such as a bomber that could reach any target on Earth within two hours of takeoff from the United States, or to power missiles.
(In other news, State Department officials in Djibouti continue to physically and verbally abuse a mangy, rheumatic camel that they hope could one day be used to deliver food and medicine to any town in Africa within five years of departure from its shabby hovel.)
The flight was the last in a $230 million-plus effort to test technology most likely to be initially used in military aircraft, such as a bomber that could reach any target on Earth within two hours of takeoff from the United States, or to power missiles.
(In other news, State Department officials in Djibouti continue to physically and verbally abuse a mangy, rheumatic camel that they hope could one day be used to deliver food and medicine to any town in Africa within five years of departure from its shabby hovel.)
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