AFRL reveals Astrox designs for future hypersonic vehicles

"For more than a decade Astrox worked in
semi-obscurity on several major hypersonic
programmes, including the NASA X-43A
scramjet and the Defense Advanced Research
projects Agency (DARPA) Blackswift.

But Astrox's public exposure increased
dramatically in July with the public release of
"Technology Horizons", a 20-year roadmap
for science and technology advances
published by Werner Dahm, chief scientist
of the US Air Force.

Astrox is credited within the 171-page
document for all-new images showing designs
for a very different kind of hypersonic vehicle
than those in testing today, such as the
Boeing/Pratt & Whitney X-51 Waverider."

See:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...-vehicles.html



In an era of huge budget deficits, where's the
money for this going to come from?

On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:45:35 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

"For more than a decade Astrox worked in
semi-obscurity on several major hypersonic
programmes, including the NASA X-43A
scramjet and the Defense Advanced Research
projects Agency (DARPA) Blackswift.

But Astrox's public exposure increased
dramatically in July with the public release of
"Technology Horizons", a 20-year roadmap
for science and technology advances
published by Werner Dahm, chief scientist
of the US Air Force.

Astrox is credited within the 171-page
document for all-new images showing designs
for a very different kind of hypersonic vehicle
than those in testing today, such as the
Boeing/Pratt & Whitney X-51 Waverider."

See:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...-vehicles.html



In an era of huge budget deficits, where's the
money for this going to come from?

Not to worry. Astrox's "designs" are really nothing more than cartoons
and wishful thinking.

On 24 Aug, 10:23, me wrote:
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:45:35 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
"For more than a decade Astrox worked in
semi-obscurity on several major hypersonic
programmes, including the NASA X-43A
scramjet and the Defense Advanced Research
projects Agency (DARPA) Blackswift.

But Astrox's public exposure increased
dramatically in July with the public release of
"Technology Horizons", a 20-year roadmap
for science and technology advances
published by Werner Dahm, chief scientist
of the US Air Force.

Astrox is credited within the 171-page
document for all-new images showing designs
for a very different kind of hypersonic vehicle
than those in testing today, such as the
Boeing/Pratt & Whitney X-51 Waverider."

See:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...afrl-reveals-a...

In an era of huge budget deficits, where's the
money for this going to come from?

Not to worry. Astrox's "designs" are really nothing more than cartoons
and wishful thinking.- Hide quoted text -

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The combined cycle engines sound/look a lot like the (old?) HOTOL/
SABRE based concepts!