LA to NY in......12 minutes

• thavoice

  A new unmanned airplane is being tested soon that will reach MACH 20!
  
  Its said to be able to carry out an airstrike anywhere in the world within an hour!
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  thavoice;857558 wrote:A new unmanned airplane is being tested soon that will reach MACH 20!
  
  Its said to be able to carry out an airstrike anywhere in the world within an hour!

  
  The idea is awesome. The reality is insane. How/where in the world do you "test" something like this? Reaching speeds that fast can have catastrophic consequences.
  
  I'm still all for it, however.
• gorocks99

  

  http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-vandenberg-hypersonic-aircraft-20110810,0,6272069.story
  

  The unmanned aircraft, dubbed Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2, is scheduled to be launched at 7 a.m. PDT into the upper reaches of the Earth's atmosphere aboard an eight-story Minotaur IV rocket made by Orbital Sciences Corp.
  
  The aircraft will separate from the booster, dive back toward Earth, level out and glide above the Pacific at 20 times the speed of sound, or Mach 20.

  So really, it's a glider that detaches from a rocket.
• thavoice

  Over the Pacific ocean they are testing it. It will just basically crash land into the ocean at some point. This is their second attempt at it.
  
  I i
• darbypitcher22

  

  sounds pretty sweet
• June18

  USA! USA! USA!
• friendfromlowry

  My penis is known as the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 1
• Ironman92

  

  My God what if they turned the wrong way? Lol
  
  Calling Pilot Bill....it's been 36 minutes have you reached destination Rome
  
  Pilot Bill...nope I took the wrong turn at Albuquerque and am at this planet with rings around it.
• Laley23

  

  That is just ridiculous.
• Gardens35

  The Russians will go bankrupt trying to thwart this thing.
• hoops23

  

  Gardens35;858062 wrote:The Russians will go bankrupt trying to thwart this thing.

  
  That's the plan.
• Curly J

  

  Gardens35;858062 wrote:The Russians will go bankrupt trying to thwart this thing.

  Good thing they haven't tried to match Star Wars yet.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  friendfromlowry;857960 wrote:My penis is known as the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 1

  
  Because it failed miserably after such high hopes?
• brutus161

  

  friendfromlowry;857960 wrote:My penis is known as the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 1

  
  Because of how fast you ejaculate?
• thavoice

  friendfromlowry;857960 wrote:My penis is known as the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 1

  Probably right.
  
  It was very short lived, flopped to the ocean quickly and failed miserably.
  
  Thats ok..they say that happens to alot of guys.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  June18;857950 wrote:USA! USA! USA!

  
  I laughed.
• bases_loaded

  

  http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2011-08-11-hypersonic-glider-launched_n.htm
  
  They lost it?
  
  I don't know why they need to waste money on such a thing. Marine Expeditionary Units can strike anywhere in the world in 24 hours.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  bases_loaded;858710 wrote:http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2011-08-11-hypersonic-glider-launched_n.htm
  
  They lost it?
  
  I don't know why they need to waste money on such a thing. Marine Expeditionary Units can strike anywhere in the world in 24 hours.

  
  I heard about this too. I don't even want to know (a) how much money was lost and (b) what if this ended up in the wrong hands. Ughhh.