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Contact lost with hypersonic glider after launch
AP ^
| Aug 11, 12:46 PM EDT
| By JOHN ANTCZAK
Posted on 08/11/2011 10:28:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
An unmanned hypersonic glider developed for U.S. defense research into super-fast global strike capability was launched atop a rocket early Thursday but contact was lost after the experimental craft began flying on its own, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said.
There was no immediate information on how much of the mission's goals were achieved.
It was the second of two planned flights of a Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2. Contact was also lost during the first mission.
The small craft is part of a U.S. military initiative to develop technology to respond to threats at 20 times the speed of sound or greater, reaching any part of the globe in an hour.
The HTV-2 is designed to be launched to the edge of space, separate from its booster and maneuver through the atmosphere at 13,000 mph before intentionally crashing into the ocean.
DARPA used Twitter to announce the launch and status of the flight.
The agency said the launch of the Minotaur 4 rocket was successful and separation was confirmed. It next reported that telemetry had been lost.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: aviation; darpa
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To: Red Badger
The HTV-2 is intended to put theory, simulations and wind tunnel experience to the test in real flight conditions at speeds producing temperatures in the thousands of degrees and requiring extremely fast control systems, according to DARPA. They also lost contact with the first one to fly.
0bama's 7th century muslim brothers can't figure out how to turn the maneuvering computer on.
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posted on
08/11/2011 10:42:39 AM PDT
by
TYVets
(Pure-Gas.org ..... ethanol free gasoline by state and city)
To: Voter62vb
Freaky! I was going to post something almost identical (I assume you mean Canada Geese).
I kinda wonder if contact wasn't lost, though. If I were running a test like this, I'd consider saying it failed when it didn't.
Just so long as contact being lost had nothing to do with a Russian or Chinese "fishing trawler" near its flight path...
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posted on
08/11/2011 10:44:14 AM PDT
by
verum ago
(A liberal's mind is like a single action revolver with a bobbed hammer)
To: org.whodat
RE: "It ripped through the fabric of time and space will reappear in a few thousand years."
Hey, maybe returning to an earth where apes are running the show :-)
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posted on
08/11/2011 10:48:37 AM PDT
by
Trajan88
(www.bullittclub.com)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
08/11/2011 10:50:50 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(Should Christie RUN in 2012? NO! But he should WALK 3 miles every day..)
To: commish
The last known transmission from the aircraft was: I knew I should have taken a left turn at Albuquerque.
Now that's funny right there... But you needed Daffys bluster first!
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posted on
08/11/2011 10:51:06 AM PDT
by
Freeport
(The proper application of high explosives will remove all obstacles.)
To: Red Badger
Check Ebay tomorrow.
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posted on
08/11/2011 10:52:30 AM PDT
by
bruoz
To: Red Badger
As soon as they learn how to reproduce, they will be back in mass to take over the earth!
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posted on
08/11/2011 10:52:59 AM PDT
by
Datom
To: Red Badger
Was John Criton on board?
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posted on
08/11/2011 10:53:17 AM PDT
by
Only1choice____Freedom
(FDR had the New Deal. President 0bama has the Raw Deal.)
To: Red Badger
shouldn’t this launch have been secret... then the failure would be shhh... secret
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posted on
08/11/2011 10:54:17 AM PDT
by
rokkitapps
( Hearings on healthcare waivers NOW! (If you agree make this your tagline))
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/11/2011 10:54:57 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
(A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.)
To: Red Badger
I’ve read the comments - interesting how so many of us are uneasy with ‘lost’ as the explanation...
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posted on
08/11/2011 10:57:10 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(The end of our great nation - caused by 'give it all away' dems. May dems reap what they sown...)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/11/2011 11:01:40 AM PDT
by
MRadtke
(Light a candle or curse the darkness?)
To: GOPJ
Wonder if we gave it to the Chinese?
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posted on
08/11/2011 11:02:58 AM PDT
by
Taylor42
To: Red Badger
FOUND IT...
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posted on
08/11/2011 11:04:15 AM PDT
by
evets
(beer)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/11/2011 11:05:33 AM PDT
by
traumer
To: evets
for sale on eBay...
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posted on
08/11/2011 11:09:27 AM PDT
by
traumer
To: Red Badger; All
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posted on
08/11/2011 11:09:29 AM PDT
by
eekitsagreek
(got no money and you got no car, then you got no woman...and there you are!)
To: Taylor42
Wonder if we gave it to the Chinese? On orders from 0bamao!
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posted on
08/11/2011 11:10:00 AM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
(Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
To: Red Badger
Standard answer for a black ops mission!
To: Red Badger
And that’s how Skynet was born on August 11, 2011...
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posted on
08/11/2011 11:30:30 AM PDT
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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