X-43A flew

Apparently successfully.


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The vehicle flew successfully--the real test is how well the engine matched
predictions and did it produce thrust. It will probably take some time to
reduce the data.

Ken G.


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Apparently successfully.


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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 19:37:30 -0500, in a place far, far away, "Ken G."
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way
as to indicate that:

The vehicle flew successfully--the real test is how well the engine matched
predictions and did it produce thrust. It will probably take some time to
reduce the data.

Don't they have enough trajectory data to know that already? If it
accelerated on its own, it produced thrust (though I guess it could
also produce thrust without accelerating, if it was insufficient to
compensate for drag).

Looks good--

"It's been a great, record-breaking day," said Larry Huebner, NASA Langley
Research Center's Hyper-X propulsion lead. "We achieved positive
acceleration of the vehicle while we were climbing, and maintained
outstanding vehicle control. This was a world-record speed for air-breathing
flight," Huebner said.


"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 19:37:30 -0500, in a place far, far away, "Ken G."
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way
as to indicate that:

The vehicle flew successfully--the real test is how well the engine
matched
predictions and did it produce thrust. It will probably take some time
to
reduce the data.

Don't they have enough trajectory data to know that already? If it
accelerated on its own, it produced thrust (though I guess it could
also produce thrust without accelerating, if it was insufficient to
compensate for drag).