"Designed by the military research group DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), the triangular wedge of zoom is capable of reaching Mach 20, which is approximately 13,000 miles per hour, according to the agency. At such a speed, the aircraft will be subject to temperatures in excess of 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit."


Holy shit!



http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/11/n...york-to-la-in-less-than-12-minutes/

Only Metal Gear is real.

"This is the second run for the hypersonic vehicle. A first test in April 2010 ended with the HTV-2 crashing into the Pacific after a loss of contact nine minutes into the flight."

sounds promising.

magnets.

I bet this'll have the same problem as the Concorde: super-sonic travel is loud as all hell.

lol @ "DARPA Twitter feed"

Manowar's next tour plane

Needs more NSA and CIA trending.

DARPA? more like DERPA...

I was going to post this, but didn't.

I heard about this, yesterday.

needs moar bass jet

I hope something goes wrong and shit gets all Event Horizon.

Planes? Who cares?

bennyhillifier

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/0...ental-hypersonic-glider?sc=fb&cc=fp

i predict this is the new way for Wren to attend every show booked on the same night.

but it still can't get its script read.

You know... I never thought of that!

more like mock 20. I only care about relativistic planet killers.

doesn't warp speed keep the space ship stationary and just moves the universe around it?

THROUGH THE DERP HOLE

I hope the post office gets a hold of this technology, I've got some turds in boxes that could use a new home where they'll fit in...