Comments on: Hypersonic aircraft are about 80 percent fuel and oxidizer

By: Buckethead

Buckethead — Sun, 07 May 2023 22:21:47 +0000

That design is one in-flight refueling away from the black horse space plane concept. Same fuel/oxidizer mix, size, etc. – only novel item is the rde.

This will likely end in failure – most do, sadly. But I’m sure the founder is aware of the black horse, and has that in mind.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 07 May 2023 19:39:32 +0000

“What’s the fastest way to make a small fortune in the aerospace industry?”

“Start with a large one.”

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 07 May 2023 19:36:39 +0000

Venus aims to go supersonic with an 8-foot drone before the end of this year and hit Mach 3 by early 2024 with a rotating detonation engine.

I don’t like to be cynical about someone trying to do something, because at least it’s anything other than directly or indirectly commercial real estate, but LMAO—there is no way that this spiel would work on anyone other than a venture capitalist.

By: Wang Wei Lin

Wang Wei Lin — Sun, 07 May 2023 02:47:26 +0000

Bob, I agree about the waste of the war on Islam/terror. Having read the Qur’an 4 times, the Hadiths twice and Islamic jurisprudence, I am thoroughly convinced three things are necessary to solve the Muslim problem. One, export all Muslims with any connection whatsoever to any terror group. Two, do not allow any more Muslims into the country. Three, demonstrate a MOAB, then tell all Islamic regimes that if there is any kind of terror attack against the US then a MOAB will be dropped on the Kabba. But we have leaders who crap their pants instead of protect the country. We’re pretty much doomed.

By: Bob Sykes

Bob Sykes — Sun, 07 May 2023 01:22:07 +0000

Both Russia and China have debeloped and deployed hypersonic weapons, and Russia has used them in Ukraine, but the US, so far, has not been able to conduct any successful test. The US is probably 5 years away from getting them.

The US has spent 30 years fighting Islam. The direct costs are several thousand dead American servicemen, tens of thousands crippled, and an estimated $7 trillion cash. But there was also an opportunity cost. Large parts of America’s military are now obsolete, and the technological has passed to Russia and China.

The war in Ukraine has also collapsed American influence in the world, and isolated the US/EU/NATO from the rest of the world. The passing of the Western world is underway.