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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2011 10:19:12 GMT -6
So now when you spot something moving that fast..it's not necessarily a UFO. Amazing looking thing. For some reason I couldn't get the 'image' thing to work LOS ANGELES (AP) — An experimental unmanned hypersonic glider has been launched from an air base on the central California coast (Vandenberg) A rocket carried the agency's Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 to the edge of space, where it separated from the booster to maneuver through the atmosphere at 13,000 mph. news.yahoo.com/us-hypersonic-glider-launched-145048349.html
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Post by skywalker on Aug 11, 2011 23:07:35 GMT -6
I heard that they lost contact with the crazy thing after it separated. Haven't heard any other info on it yet. Have bad internet connection right now.
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Post by lois on Aug 11, 2011 23:42:29 GMT -6
Jo.. It said loading but never did.. I waited quite awhile.. where did they get the technology to build this supersonic vehicle?
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Post by sansseed on Aug 12, 2011 6:58:25 GMT -6
I was reading about this on the news. I thought it was pretty amazing, and could explain some reports. On a side note..., my 4 year old looked over my shoulder while I was reading the news story about this and said, "I don't like that." I asked him why and he said, "because it goes to fast." I was a bit stunned because he can't read and was forming an opinion based on the picture. Little brains are amazing sometimes.
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Post by skywalker on Aug 14, 2011 12:34:40 GMT -6
The little dude is smart. Maybe there is hope for the future after all.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2011 9:36:58 GMT -6
Computer's and cells are going to be sticky for awhile off and on I think..the sun is being very naughty. Tends to make people 'edgy' also...realllly edgy.
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Post by skywalker on Aug 16, 2011 7:56:41 GMT -6
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Post by yamacycler on Aug 16, 2011 12:41:05 GMT -6
There HAS to be more to this than ANYONE is being told. Case in point the Concorde was intended for commercial passenger flight but only the wealthy could afford a ticket At todays inflated coast of living only the super wealthy could afford to even consider. That vehicle has to have some other purpose. Whomever was in charge of that program was sorely lacking in common sense.
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Post by skywalker on Aug 16, 2011 22:10:54 GMT -6
The way I figure it is they are either not telling us what is really going on or they are even a bigger bunch of imbeciles than I thought. With all of the technology and tracking systems that the military has I find it hard to believe they could just lose the thing.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2011 15:34:33 GMT -6
Why would they want to design something that moves that fast? The danger of it running into commercial jet airliners, military planes out on maneuvers or flocks of geese... seems like a really stoopid thing to do in my mind at least... if you're going that fast how can you or anyone else in your way avoid a collision? Seriously.
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Post by paulette on Aug 18, 2011 9:01:54 GMT -6
To propose an answer to Lorelei's question - Why would they want to design something that moves that fast? To chase UFO's that move that fast.
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Post by lois on Aug 18, 2011 11:31:46 GMT -6
This is probably what made all the sightings lately. Over Norway and other places. Maybe after all these years they have hit paydirt with a down saucer they have. I truely believe it may be the way it happen.
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Post by lois on Aug 18, 2011 11:33:39 GMT -6
To propose an answer to Lorelei's question - Why would they want to design something that moves that fast? To chase UFO's that move that fast. How would they expect man to travel this fast.. They must have the answer or why would they make them?? To explore space?
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Post by skywalker on Aug 18, 2011 12:44:12 GMT -6
They are always trying to build bigger and better bombs and more advanced weapons...if for no other reason than to see if they can. That's one of the reasons there are so many wars on this planet...governments have to justify spending all of the money to build these dumb things and other countries want them so they will have an advantage over everybody else. So far this one appears to be a total failure. They have launched two of them and lost contact with both shortly after. That's not exactly something other countries are going to want to spend billions of dollars for.
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Post by lois on Aug 29, 2011 22:34:42 GMT -6
They learned how to build something going at this speed you'd think they would have the means of tracking it. Sky maybe it is too fast to track. Can you imagine how far this supersonic vehicle would of gone in a few minutes? They say ufos take off at a rate of 9000 miles an hour so if we can't track them how would we track this thing? Of course they don't even show up on radar.
Witnesses always say it left so fast it just winked off..
Seems to me the naked eye would never see this is flight..
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Post by skywalker on Aug 30, 2011 2:20:12 GMT -6
If they pointed it in the wrong direction there's no telling where that crazy thing went. It might be blasting off to Mars for all we know. Or maybe it was skyjacked by some little gray dudes who are taking it for a joy ride. ;D I think we are really lucky it didn't plow into somebody's house and kill somebody.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2011 10:34:31 GMT -6
Great..loose supersonic vehicle in the hands of lord only knows who..'sigh' If they're going to build these things someone should be in charge of keeping tabs on them
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2011 13:07:11 GMT -6
Great..loose supersonic vehicle in the hands of lord only knows who..'sigh' If they're going to build these things someone should be in charge of keeping tabs on them Methinks they should be fitted with a self destruct button just in case they lose them.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2011 15:54:24 GMT -6
Now that is a great idea!
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Post by skywalker on Aug 30, 2011 16:14:44 GMT -6
The crazy vehicle was designed to only stay aloft for a brief period of time before deliberately crashing into the ocean. I think the crashing into the ocean part was the self destruct. We just don't have a clue whether or not it actually did it.
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Post by lois on Aug 30, 2011 21:31:34 GMT -6
I would like to see an alien stop this vehicle ;D He just reaches out his hand in space and grabs it..
Would someone here tell me why we built it, if it is so short ab lived?
Sky I hope it comes down in the ocean.. maybe a whale will catch it.
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Post by skywalker on Aug 30, 2011 21:54:27 GMT -6
Supposedly they built it just to see if it would work for a short period of time so that later on they might be able to build a longer lasting one. Unfortunately, they only built two of them and they lost contact with both shortly after launching them. Personally, I think it was a waste of a huge amount of money, but wasting money is what our government does best.
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Post by lois on Nov 15, 2011 0:04:03 GMT -6
Great..loose supersonic vehicle in the hands of lord only knows who..'sigh' If they're going to build these things someone should be in charge of keeping tabs on them Methinks they should be fitted with a self destruct button just in case they lose them. Jo wrote That is a great idea, I agree.. I came here to see if any new replies were here as I was hoping some one living some where on this earth has told more about this vehicle. I do not see any information on it anywhere
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Post by skywalker on Nov 15, 2011 20:05:16 GMT -6
As far as I know they never did figure out what happened to it...or if they did they aren't telling us.
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Post by swamprat on Nov 17, 2011 20:07:04 GMT -6
It's baaaack..... U.S. Army Tests Secret Hypersonic WeaponPublished November 17, 2011 The DARPA Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV)-2, one of several hypersonic test projects underway by various U.S. military agencies.The U.S. Army's hypersonic weapon prototype streaked across the Pacific Ocean at several times the speed of sound Thurs., Nov. 17, in a flawless maiden test flight. The success could pave the way for a new military capability to strike targets anywhere on Earth in as little as an hour. Such a hypersonic weapon concept flies at a relatively flat trajectory within the atmosphere, rather than soaring up toward space like a ballistic missile and eventually coming back down. Hypersonic speed is defined as being at least five times the speed of sound (3,805 mph, or 6,124 kph, at sea level). The Army's success today built upon lessons learned from two hypersonic test flights carried out by the Pentagon's research arm, called DARPA, in April 2010 and August 2011. The Army's Advanced Hypersonic Weapon launched aboard a three-stage booster system from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai in Hawaii at 6:30 AM ET, deployed for its hypersonic glide, and eventually splashed down in the Reagan Test Site located near the Kwajalein Atoll. Pentagon officials kept a careful watch on the flight test from space, air, sea and ground. That allowed them to collect data about aerodynamics, navigation, guidance, and control performance, as well as thermal protection technologies meant to shrug off intense heat during hypersonic flight. Such success may provide some consolation to DARPA, given that its Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) experienced problems in its two test flights that led to early crashes. HTV-2 reached a speed of Mach 20 during its latest test in August. The Air Force has also tested its own X-51A Waverider vehicle, most recently on June 13, as an experimental platform for an air-breathing scramjet engine. During the latest test, the X-51A Waverider reached hypersonic speeds of at least Mach 5 before it failed to switch over to its main fuel source. Having several hypersonic projects resembles the early days of U.S. rocket and missile development, when the Army and Air Force competed to get their rockets off the ground. But any success in the hypersonic realm seems likely to benefit the U.S. military's unified goal for a "Conventional Prompt Global Strike" weapon designed to speedily attack targets around the world. Copyright 2011 InnovationNewsDaily, a TechMediaNetwork company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Read more: www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/11/17/us-army-tests-secret-hypersonic-weapon/?test=faces#ixzz1e1C6io7Q
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