I heard from a teacher of mine they are R&D a new airplane technology where the plane will go upto the top of the atmosphere (sp?) and come back down. Higher and faster than a Concorde. Has anyone heard about this? They are estimating a flight from the US to Tokyo would in 1hr. Anyone? I want some verified info!
New Airplane Technology?
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they are making a space plane that will go up to space, letting the earth rotate and come back down to its destination. it will be reuseable...there was a article in popular science like 2 years ago on it i think, go to your local library and check it out.
But it would be for commercial use for like you and me? I want to read! 
That would be so awesome though!
That would be so awesome though!yep i'm pretty sure when they are doen testing etc, it will be for me and you to ride on, wont be that cheap though unless your bill gates
Yeah I heard about this way back when too. Go check it out. Go. Now.
What are you doing still reading this?
What are you doing still reading this?
Can't find much, but it's late.
NASA
"The Hyper-X program is aimed at flight-validating airframe-integrated, air-breathing propulsion system designs, which so far have only been tested in ground facilities, such as wind tunnels. A major goal of the program is the demonstration of a scramjet engine. "
ABC News
Engineers only resumed work on Russia?s supersonic aircraft program in 1998 and earlier this year introduced a Tu-144 that was converted with the help of Boeing and U.S. space agency NASA into a flying aviation research laboratory.
?We derive much from our flying laboratory ... [but] our work could be faster and more productive if the Americans resumed the supersonic plane research that they dropped in 1998,? Pukhov said, adding: ?We think they just need a time out.?
NASA
"The Hyper-X program is aimed at flight-validating airframe-integrated, air-breathing propulsion system designs, which so far have only been tested in ground facilities, such as wind tunnels. A major goal of the program is the demonstration of a scramjet engine. "
ABC News
Engineers only resumed work on Russia?s supersonic aircraft program in 1998 and earlier this year introduced a Tu-144 that was converted with the help of Boeing and U.S. space agency NASA into a flying aviation research laboratory.
?We derive much from our flying laboratory ... [but] our work could be faster and more productive if the Americans resumed the supersonic plane research that they dropped in 1998,? Pukhov said, adding: ?We think they just need a time out.?
It will be a long, long time before we see that technology in commercial aviation. I believe Beoing is still looking into the viability of a supersonic transport. It will only seat 100 people but cruise at like mach 3. Gulfstream, in partnership with another company, is also looking into a supersonic business jet. This is off the top of my head but I have an aviation background.
I personally feel supersonic flight would never become fully commerical... esp. when you consider you can't really fly those jets over populated areas...
There are several routes where they could be used to signifigantly reduce travel time. Even if they could be used domestically it wouldn't justify the cost except on the very longest flights. Here's the international routes where it could be used:
New York/Miami to Europe/Africa
LA/Seatle to Japan/Australia
At mach 3 to Australia you could probably cut the time in half (7 vs. 14 hours.) Time is money and more and more people and businesses have money.
New York/Miami to Europe/Africa
LA/Seatle to Japan/Australia
At mach 3 to Australia you could probably cut the time in half (7 vs. 14 hours.) Time is money and more and more people and businesses have money.
If the plane fly at high enough altitude, the shockwave of the sonic boom will not reach the ground, that's why there's still research going.. the biggest problem is whether it is economical enough to have one. I guess SCRAM jet will probably be the idea propulsion.
Do you guys ever read these forums, or just post new topics one after another?
- STUPID NASA! Xzaver March 03, 2001
The idea has been around awhile, and they've been earnestly working on it. As you can read in the links above from Ornery, NASA has recently cut the program because of delays and cost overruns. They were set to test the engines last year when a crack was discovered in the fuel tank, and subsequent inspection revealed more problems (materials problem with the design of the fuel tank, difficult to produce).
So, no sub-orbital space plane in the near future.
On a side note, if you are interested in this sort of technology news, you should subscribe to Popular Science. It's a great magazine for technophiles, and it's usually around $12/year or so. I've been a subscriber since the mid-'80s.
So, no sub-orbital space plane in the near future.
On a side note, if you are interested in this sort of technology news, you should subscribe to Popular Science. It's a great magazine for technophiles, and it's usually around $12/year or so. I've been a subscriber since the mid-'80s.
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