From: J Corbally (icorb@indigo.ie)
Date: Sat Jun 02 2001 - 16:43:14 MDT
NASA hypersonic jet fails
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/default.stm
>Nasa aborts the test flight of a hypersonic jet designed break the
>aircraft speed record after a booster rocket veers out of control.
Both vehicles were destroyed after NASA was forced to destroy the booster
rocket, taking the craft with it. This'll probably push out the schedule
for the next test for a while, if Bushie doesn't decide to shitcan it.
Not a good day.
James....
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and
crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures
to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid."
-Q, Star Trek:TNG episode 'Q Who'
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