It is no surprise that Nasa cancelled this program. Unless Nasa could explain how it expected to find barbie-sized pilots for this jet, then it is clear that it was just another another Government program wasting my tax dollars.
@DeadMartha What makes you think a pilot is necessary, or even possible? It is essentially a robot nuke that we can fly to any point on the planet in under two hours. The acceleration is way beyond human limits.
@MaxOrbit Well, if the aim was to waste a ton of cash and get no usable vehicle then going with NASA makes sense. They have a proven track record of hoovering up tax dollars and delivering squat. Outsourcing to the Russians is a recognition of this very problem.
@DeadMartha For every $1 we spend on NASA we spend $58 on defense and $46 on social services. I think it's a good deal myself. This is a proof of concept vehicle, step 1 of a much larger plan. A lot of knowledge was gained for future use. If you think the Hubble Telescope and the internet itself (in part by NASA) are "squat" then you are impossible to please.
@bobjackmon It achieves suborbital speeds and altitudes in that ten seconds and then glides to its destination, where it detonates its small nuke warhead.
7400 mph..
FailDrummer 3 months ago
What we need is Steve Austin. Dundundaahh!!!!
OssyTuber 11 months ago
u usin a voice changing thing or have u jst got a really bad lisp?
TheHuggieBe4r 1 year ago
this looks like a waste of money u know
don813 1 year ago
This is childs play compared to the anti grav craft we have.
jrfaug06 1 year ago
It is no surprise that Nasa cancelled this program. Unless Nasa could explain how it expected to find barbie-sized pilots for this jet, then it is clear that it was just another another Government program wasting my tax dollars.
DeadMartha 3 years ago
lol your an idiot...ever heard of a UAV???
Bladed0edge0razor 2 years ago 5
@DeadMartha What makes you think a pilot is necessary, or even possible? It is essentially a robot nuke that we can fly to any point on the planet in under two hours. The acceleration is way beyond human limits.
MaxOrbit 1 year ago
@MaxOrbit Well, if the aim was to waste a ton of cash and get no usable vehicle then going with NASA makes sense. They have a proven track record of hoovering up tax dollars and delivering squat. Outsourcing to the Russians is a recognition of this very problem.
DeadMartha 1 year ago
@DeadMartha For every $1 we spend on NASA we spend $58 on defense and $46 on social services. I think it's a good deal myself. This is a proof of concept vehicle, step 1 of a much larger plan. A lot of knowledge was gained for future use. If you think the Hubble Telescope and the internet itself (in part by NASA) are "squat" then you are impossible to please.
MaxOrbit 1 year ago
This program was cancelled in 2004. What they've learned from this though, has been applied to the new x-51 waverider.
jonmichaelllosinger 3 years ago
@jonmichaelllosinger It was "completed" in 2004, not cancelled. And completed successfully I might add.
MaxOrbit 1 year ago
@MaxOrbit . It was suspended in November 2004. X-43B an C were to follow, but they were scrapped.
jonmichaelllosinger 1 year ago
actually the 2037 bomber for the us air force has to have a speed of mach 5
again were taking about a bomber not a fighter so imagine by then the speed of a fighter
usa303 3 years ago
no shit this rocket plane could travel up to 9.8 march thats about 14000 km/h
duckSMASH 3 years ago
It's not a rocket.
nickeax 3 years ago 4
meh
Capeau 2 years ago
@nickeax 7,000 mph says it is a rocket
n0vag0d 9 months ago
@n0vag0d It uses rockets to get going, then it discards them and uses it's own scramjet.
nickeax 9 months ago
it's called a scramjet.
SoloFantasy 2 years ago
dude there's no way the military can use this, it's engine burns for only about 10 seconds.
bobjackmon 3 years ago
@bobjackmon It achieves suborbital speeds and altitudes in that ten seconds and then glides to its destination, where it detonates its small nuke warhead.
MaxOrbit 1 year ago
LOL this aircraft? I C i bet the U.S military is gonna use this for war, man its always been like that
MasterChief22530 3 years ago
this is the fastest airplaine in the wrld it is 11.956 KM/HR!
luvNLTNZanessa 3 years ago
I LOVE scramjets. Too bad they aren't really re-usable as of yet.
HellPunisher00 4 years ago