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X-43: aspects of the NASA's programme
Washington, USA - The next Mach 10 flight to enable to verify the benefits of the scramjet thrust solution
Despite the delay of the Mach 10 flight test (see for details AVIONEWS), the X-43 proves really relevant for NASA from an experimental point of view, as the authority would not consider the programme as at risk. The X-43 will be deployed in order to appraise the benefits of the scramjet (a Pegasus type one, produced by Pratt& Whitney), a rocket thrust solution (a liquid propelled one) that resorts...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 107825
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency