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DARPA has released a new report on last year’s test flight of the HTV-2 hypersonic aircraft, which flew for 9 minutes — including 3 minutes at Mach 20 — before the agency lost contact with it. Although DARPA previously reported that a “flight anomaly” had caused the vehicle to fail and enter a controlled dive, they weren’t specific about the cause of failure. Well, now we know what happened: the aircraft was moving so far that its skin literally peeled away from its frame, sending it into a series of abrupt rolls. The HTV-2 was able to right itself a few times — no mean feat at 13,000 mph — but it was eventually overpowered by impulsive shock waves and forced to enter failure mode. DARPA and the Department of Defense haven’t announced plans for further test flights, but the lessons learned from HTV-2 will likely be put to use in future hypersonic vehicles.
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Over 100 Members of Congress are now in support of the latest Internet surveillance bill known as CISPA , which many of its critics are calling the SOPA with a new name."well i’m goin to bed since i have to wake up at 5am & then be induced. and i’m pretty sure my little pizza roll won’t be delivered in 30 minutes or less, so i’m gonna need some energy. thanks to everyone for readin my silly blog, & i’ll be back when i can!
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