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Article: NASA hypersonic research craft set to fly Monday.
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- November 11, 2004
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By Jim Skeen, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 11--EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- NASA engineers and researchers are gearing up to end a hypersonic research program with a world-record flight approaching 7,000 mph over the Pacific Ocean.
If the weather permits, on Monday a wedge-shape X-43 unmanned research craft will make the final of three scramjet test flights that National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials expect to provide a wealth of information for designers of future aircraft, space launchers and spacecraft.
The $230 million program's goal is to advance technologies for a scramjet ...