☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoChina’s hypersonic jet shatters Mach 6.5 speed in Gobi desert testinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down10
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minus-squarecygnus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21 year agoUhh OK, they’ve matched something the X-15 was doing 65 years ago. What’s the endgame here? Build a ludicrously inefficient passenger aircraft?
minus-squareEezyville@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThe X-15 was a rocket propelled aircraft. This is an air breathing aircraft.
minus-squarecygnus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agohttps://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3290363/chinas-hypersonic-jumbo-jet-prototype-hits-mach-6-gobi-desert-test-flight
Uhh OK, they’ve matched something the X-15 was doing 65 years ago. What’s the endgame here? Build a ludicrously inefficient passenger aircraft?
The X-15 was a rocket propelled aircraft. This is an air breathing aircraft.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3290363/chinas-hypersonic-jumbo-jet-prototype-hits-mach-6-gobi-desert-test-flight