Scott Ferrin wrote in message . ..
On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 08:32:30 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
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"Jim Pflaum" wrote in message
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It's a shame that the X-43A's budget has been cutback. Somehow,
someway Congress needs to find funds to help NASA push its scramjet
project forward. From a public benefits standpoint, it seem to me
that we'll reap faster returns from NASA's scramjet program than we
will from its manned Mars program. Jim Pflaum - Raleigh, NC

China is going to the moon and we have to be there when they get there.

(Eric Moore) wrote in message
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NASA's X-43A Scramjet hit 5000mph. See:


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...d=624&ncid=716



The irony is they cancelled the X-43C mere days before this successful
flight. What about the X-43B? ISTR it's suppose to be quite a bit
bigger than either the A or the C. Was it also cancelled?

I don't think that NASA has actually cancelled the X-43 or ISTR
programs, but it's apparently doing some pretty heavy budget cutting
on the X-43 program. I'm just guessing, but it seems they maybe
shifting the X-43's program funds into the manned Mars program. If
that's what NASA's doing, I think it's making a big mistake. I don't
know about you, but I'd much rather take a 2 hour scramjet ride to
Paris than a 3 month ride to Mars.