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SCRAMJET RECORD SMASHED: ?A sleek aircraft called the X-51A WaveRider has set the record for the lo?

By Glenn Reynolds

SCRAMJET RECORD SMASHED: “A sleek aircraft called the X-51A WaveRider has set the record for the longest hypersonic flight using an air-breathing ’scramjet’ engine. The engine operated for about 150 seconds ? smashing the record set by NASA’s X-43 vehicle, which flew for 10 seconds or so in 2004.”

Other space news: Masten Space Systems Achieves First-Ever VTVL Midair Engine Relight Milestone on Path to Space. “Masten Space Systems, based at the Mojave Spaceport in California, demonstrated yesterday the ability to successfully relight the engine of a VTVL (vertical-takeoff vertical-landing) vehicle in midair. This marks the first-ever midair relight for any VTVL rocket-powered vehicle.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on May 28, 2010 (boomark / email).