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DARPA's HTV-2 Hypersonic Glider Fails During Trial Run

Posted April 26, 2010 2:19 PM

From Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now:

DARPA's hypersonic glider, which launched last Thursday, evidently failed at some point during its mach-20 maneuvers. The vehicle's signal was lost just nine minutes into the mission, according to the Santa Maria Times.

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04/27/2010 8:05 AM

I wonder, where is the boundary between Supersonic and Hypersonic?

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