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Not That Important
Here is some of the Reuters, AFP and AP slop about the
X-43 that aired on Yahoo in late Nov. 2004. 'reports' below.
Not a word about cost in any of the captions.
Also, failed to note that the plane got more press
attention
than starvation and climate change on earth.
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In this image captured from an undated video
animation, shows the
separation of the X-43A research vehicle from the Pegasus
booster.
NASA had to delay the flight of its experimental X-43A scramjet, an
unmanned
aircraft designed to reach a record speed of Mach 10, or 7,000 mph on 11/15/04.
NASA officials planned to try again for launch between 2 p.m.
and 4 p.m. PST Nov. 16
off the California coast. The X-43A is mounted on a
modified Pegasus rocket
designed to be carried aloft by a B-52 aircraft and
released at 40,000 feet.
The rocket will carry the X-43A to 110,000 feet and
separate, allowing the craft
to fly for about 10 seconds with its supersonic
combustion ramjet operating.
NO SALES REUTERS/NASA/Handout
Graphic on the X-43A hypersonic aircraft. NASA is hoping to send
the pilotless aircraft across the Pacific Ocean at
about 10 times
the speed of sound -- almost 3.2 kilometers (two miles) per second.
(AFP/File) 11/17/04
An unmanned NASA jet screamed into the record books
high
over the Pacific Ocean by
reaching speeds of almost 7,000 mph.
(AP Graphic) 11/17/04
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