X-43A flight delayed.

"Richard Schumacher"

The X-43A is a high-risk, high-payoff flight research program.

My goodness. I wonder how many of the people involved in the program
really believe this? Does this claim help funding?

Hell yeah. I like the "high risk" meaning there is a better than even
chance it will never work.

And "high payoff" meaning that even thought it probably won't work, you
should still feel justified in throwing the odd $billion in our direction.

Kent Betts wrote:

The X-43A is a high-risk, high-payoff flight research program.

My goodness. I wonder how many of the people involved in the program
really believe this? Does this claim help funding?

Hell yeah. I like the "high risk" meaning there is a better than even
chance it will never work.

There's no doubt it's high-risk...



And "high payoff" meaning that even thought it probably won't work, you
should still feel justified in throwing the odd $billion in our direction.

Assuming for sake of argument it can ever be made to work, the only sensible
applications for a scramjet are military. X-43A ought to be paid by the DoD
budget, not NASA's.

The DC-X and DC-XA programs were very successful test programs (up
until the vehicle was lost due to a ground processing error). What
never showed up was funding for a follow-on DC-Y vehicle. Instead,
NASA gave us X-33. :-P

Jeff

Well could it be restarted?

stephen voss wrote in
:


The DC-X and DC-XA programs were very successful test programs (up
until the vehicle was lost due to a ground processing error). What
never showed up was funding for a follow-on DC-Y vehicle. Instead,
NASA gave us X-33. :-P

Jeff

Well could it be restarted?

McDonnell Douglas built DC-X, but they were later bought out by Boeing. I
doubt Boeing kept the DC-X team together, and I doubt they have much
motivation to revive the program.

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stephen voss wrote in message ...
The DC-X and DC-XA programs were very successful test programs (up
until the vehicle was lost due to a ground processing error). What
never showed up was funding for a follow-on DC-Y vehicle. Instead,
NASA gave us X-33. :-P

Jeff

Well could it be restarted?

Has been

www.tgv-rockets.com

"pat bahn" wrote in message
m...
stephen voss wrote in message
...
The DC-X and DC-XA programs were very successful test programs (up
until the vehicle was lost due to a ground processing error). What
never showed up was funding for a follow-on DC-Y vehicle. Instead,
NASA gave us X-33. :-P

Jeff

Well could it be restarted?

Has been

www.tgv-rockets.com

I can't complain about Pat Bahn's program and
vehicle.

However, I think Pat is going in for a bit of hype.

Please somehow prove me wrong.

Mike Walsh

"Mike Walsh" wrote in message ...
"pat bahn" wrote in message
m...
stephen voss wrote in message
...
The DC-X and DC-XA programs were very successful test programs (up
until the vehicle was lost due to a ground processing error). What
never showed up was funding for a follow-on DC-Y vehicle. Instead,
NASA gave us X-33. :-P

Jeff

Well could it be restarted?

Has been

www.tgv-rockets.com

I can't complain about Pat Bahn's program and
vehicle.

However, I think Pat is going in for a bit of hype.

Please somehow prove me wrong.

Mike Walsh

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