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Re: Updated Story: Belgian UFO = experimental plane

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From: Dean Adams
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 00:00
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In article <32143852.991220@news.erinet.com>, Hunter <hitchb@erinet.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 15 Aug 1996 11:44:29 GMT, dadams@netcom.com (Dean Adams)
>wrote:
>>It was announced the same way as any other NASA
>>flight research project.  There was nothing the
>>least bit strange about it.
>
>Dean, stop and think about it for a minute.  There have been aircraft
>capable of a top speed of Mach 5 (X-15) and cruise at Mach 3 (SR-71)
>since the sixties.  Do you really think it's taken this long to come
>up with a *prototype* of a vehicle that can cruise at Mach 5?  

Such a vehicle takes both FUNDING (a lot), and a MISSION.
There has been a lot of experimental work done in the
hypersonic regime over the years, but there is still no
evidence of an operational vehicle of that sort existing.

 >The press release reads as if the project prototype has already been
 >proven when the craft hasn't even flown under its own power. 

That is because the design was "proven" in a wind tunnel.  
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From: dadams@netcom.com (Dean Adams)
Subject: Re: Updated Story: Belgian UFO = experimental plane
Date: 1996/08/16
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