Hypersonics on fast forward.

From: Sunday Business (London, England) | Date: September 2, 2001 | Copyright information

T

RAVELLERS will be able to get to any point on Earth in two hours if competing US and British studies of ultra high-speed flight prove successful.

Last week it emerged that the British government was working on an aircraft that would reach speeds of 5,000mph. The US defence department has already flown a prototype at that speed.

Meanwhile, Nasa has confirmed it is developing technology that could whisk travellers halfway around the world in the ti...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

NASA program might take off again.
Daily Press (Newport News, VA) ; ... flights. Adding to the gloom is the fact that hypersonics now falls under NASA's Vehicle Systems program ... researcher who has spent 37 years studying hypersonics. NASA Headquarters is considering two proposals ... decades of research Langley has contributed to hypersonics. More research is needed to ...
Analysis: NASA's plans to test an aircraft designed to fly at hypersonic speeds
All Things Considered (NPR) ; ... SIEGEL Time: 9:00-10:00 PM MICHELE NORRIS, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Michele Norris. ROBERT ... reports. DAVID KESTENBAUM reporting: Mark Lewis drives a fast car and talks quickly, but neither compares with this ... it works like an airplane engine. Usually traveling this fast ...
NASA PULLS PLUG ON TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED AT BASE
Dayton Daily News ; ... While disappointed at the loss of the opportunity to fly a multiengine configuration with NASA on the X-43C, we look forward to future collaborations with NASA in hypersonics research efforts including their technical input into the SED program," AFRL officials said. Aerospace researchers have ...
NASA Pulls Plug on Technology Developed at Ohio Air Force Base.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News ; ... Timothy R. Gaffney, Dayton Daily News, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 27--NASA will make its ... NASA on the X-43C, we look forward to future collaborations with NASA in hypersonics research efforts including ... see more of the Dayton Daily News, or to subscribe to the ...