From: Doug Jones (djones@xcor.com)
Date: Sat Jun 02 2001 - 19:03:05 MDT
J Corbally wrote:
>
> 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.
Yeah, they had a bad day, but X-43 (unlike many other "X" programs) is
doing real research with a rational program of build a little, test a
little. Expendable test vehicles do make it a tad expensive though.
However, I fail to see why President Bush would show much interest in
X-43; he has yet to nominate a new administrator for NASA, and has not
made any direct interventions in NASA's doings. I think your personal
bias is showing through here.
> Not a good day.
I agree with you on that.
-- Doug Jones, Rocket Plumber XCOR Aerospace
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