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From New Scientist some more information.The flight fell short of its intended goals: 500 seconds of flight time and a speed of Mach 6. At a certain point, the aircraft seemed to decelerate before accelerating again, and engineers are now analysing the flight data to figure out why, says Christina Kelly, spokesperson for Boeing Phantom Works, which designed the vehicle. "But they got 95 per cent of it right," she says, pointing out that the vehicle successfully released from the B-52 and shot a straight course across the sky.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Lots of date to review until the next flight but I'm with sferrin this is promising technology it needs to be funded.
From New Scientist some more information.
The flight fell short of its intended goals: 500 seconds of flight time and a speed of Mach 6. At a certain point, the aircraft seemed to decelerate before accelerating again, and engineers are now analysing the flight data to figure out why, says Christina Kelly, spokesperson for Boeing Phantom Works, which designed the vehicle. "But they got 95 per cent of it right," she says, pointing out that the vehicle successfully released from the B-52 and shot a straight course across the sky.
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Lots of date to review until the next flight but I'm with sferrin this is promising technology it needs to be funded.
