Key Points and Summary - NASA’s X-43A wasn’t a paper study—it was a 12-foot, hydrogen-fueled experimental jet that proved an air-breathing engine could fly at nearly ten times the speed of sound. -It ...
India’s scramjet success proves hypersonic strength, but turbine complexity keeps fighter engines a tough challenge.
Key Points and Summary: The Air Force's X-20 Dyna Soar Mach 20 Mistake? -In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the U.S. Air Force pursued the X-20 Dyna-Soar: a manned, reusable, winged spaceplane meant ...