X-43 overview with narration

This 1 minute 40 second movie clip is an overview of the X-43 program with narration.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• nasa
• dryden
• x-43

[Bladed0edge0razor]

lol your an idiot...ever heard of a UAV???

[nickeax]

It's not a rocket.

[FailDrummer]

7400 mph..

[nickeax]

@n0vag0d It uses rockets to get going, then it discards them and uses it's own scramjet.

[n0vag0d]

@nickeax 7,000 mph says it is a rocket

[OssyTuber]

What we need is Steve Austin. Dundundaahh!!!!

[TheHuggieBe4r]

u usin a voice changing thing or have u jst got a really bad lisp?

[jonmichaelllosinger]

@MaxOrbit . It was suspended in November 2004. X-43B an C were to follow, but they were scrapped.

[MaxOrbit]

@jonmichaelllosinger It was "completed" in 2004, not cancelled. And completed successfully I might add.

[MaxOrbit]

@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.

[DeadMartha]

@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.

[MaxOrbit]

@bobjackmon It achieves suborbital speeds and altitudes in that ten seconds and then glides to its destination, where it detonates its small nuke warhead.