The experimental aircraft set a record for hypersonic flight, blazing through the air for more than three minutes at Mach 6, or more than 4,500 mph.
The X-51A Waverider scramjet was released from a B-52 bomber last week before its engine took it to Mach 6 and it flew autonomously for 200 seconds.
Scramjets work by using oxygen rushing in through the engine at supersonic speeds to ignite hydrogen fuel.
http://www.eutimes.net/2010/06/experimenta... Woow!! 4,500 miles per hour.... Uncle Sam, how's my money doing? No jobs, homeless people....Wonder how much the Pentagon spent on this?
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