Message posted by Peter Merlin on July 09, 2009 at 10:33:29 PST:
This is the state of the art for scramjet technology. It's a long way from the mythical "Aurora" but you have to take incremental steps until the technology is sufficiently mature for use in an operational system. Part of the problem lies with changing national requirements and inconsistent support for hypersonic programs. I recommend reading: "The History of Hypersonics: or, Back to the Future - Again, and Again" by Richard P. Hallion, AIAA-2005-0329 "Hypersonics - A Periodic Quest" by Ming Tang and Ramon Chase, AIAA-2005-3258
In Reply to: Shouldn't we be more advanced? posted by Robert on July 09, 2009 at 9:33:40 PST:
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