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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts 
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This smacks of hoax to me.
http://news.yahoo.com/us-hypersonic-glid......349.html
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EsnRedshirt Special user Newark, CA 895 Posts
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Totally believable to me. Don't forget the signature double sonic boom from the late, great space shuttle. When it re-entered the atmosphere to come in for a landing, it did not use any power... which means for most of the landing, the shuttle was, essentially, a supersonic glider.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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If the artists rendition is an accurate portrayal of what it looks like though, it's a little fishy. That just doesn't look maneuverable to me. Of course, I'm neither a physicist nor an engineer so I could be wrong. Just 'feels' weird. I know, not a very scientific basis.
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts
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I've worked on a few DARPA projects, and written proposals for several more.
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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We shall see. But if it does turn out to be a hoax then somebody owes me a burger...
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5777 Posts
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Why wait?
"Dreams aren't a matter of Chance but a matter of Choice." -DC-
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Marlin1894 Special user 559 Posts
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2889 Posts
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Somebody up there is eating our hypersonic gliders!
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts
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It does look like a Dorito...
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EsnRedshirt Special user Newark, CA 895 Posts
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Odd. Something large, thin, and cheesy landed in my back yard last night. This would explain all the black helicopters that arrived shortly afterwards.
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