You might remember the story about the experimental, hypersonic aircraft that could fly from Sydney to London in 49 minutes. Now they have footage. (Which is not yet on youtube -SR)
View the footage here:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/tech-news/a/-/technology/10120747/video-of-hypersonic-glider-released
After the launch, the Falcon was supposed to dislodge from the rocket, speed back towards earth, level out and glide above the Pacific at 20 times the speed of sound.
However after the plane separated from the rocket in the upper reaches of the atmosphere for its "glide" phase, contact was lost somewhere in the Pacific, DARPA said.
The August test was the second and last scheduled flight for the program, which began in 2003 and cost taxpayers about $320 million. Both flights failed to go the distance.
Response: Oh ! Well that was just about the worst video footage ever ! NASA spent $320 million and we get a video of the clouds ! Good one !!!!
Response: I seem to remember a teatowel printed with the words "wouldn't it be great if hospitals and schools had all the money they needed and the military had to run raffles to buy a new bomber?". Lawer G at number one you're spot on! - Mangsaab
Response 1: What a waste of money. No wonder the US is in debt. - Lawler G.
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