Crashed X-51A Test Results Released 48
cylonlover writes "The United States Air Force (USAF) has released the results of last August's third test of the X-51a Waverider, which resulted in the crash of the unmanned scramjet demonstrator. At a press teleconference featuring the Program Manager for Air Force Research Laboratory, Charles Brink, it was confirmed that a malfunctioning fin was the cause of the crash. However, engineers are confident of correcting the fault in time for the fourth test flight scheduled for (Northern Hemisphere) late spring or early summer of next year."
Re:Short Report: (Score:5, Funny)
This should be easy, no?
1) Procure working torque wrench of sufficient size and strength.
Are you kidding? With hammers costing the gov't $600 a pop, how much do you think a "working torque wrench of sufficient size and strength" goes for? It's probably cheaper to just build another X-51.
X51 (Score:5, Funny)
Jeez, I know slashdot has been ragging on X11 all week... but they're already testing X51?
Re:X51 (Score:5, Funny)