It seems that the US has lost an experimental hypersonic space plane:
Fastest-ever plane goes missing on test flight
A US military plane developed to fly anywhere in the world in an hour has gone missing on its second test flight. The unmanned hypersonic plane developed for US defence research into super-fast global strike capability was launched atop a rocket overnight but contact was lost after the experimental craft began flying on its own, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said. …
The craft is part of a US military initiative to develop technology to respond to threats at 20 times the speed of sound or greater, reaching any part of the globe in an hour. …
The agency said the launch of the Minotaur 4 rocket was successful and separation was confirmed. It next reported that telemetry had been lost. No further details were immediately reported. There was no immediate response to an email request to DARPA for information on the mission.
Doesn’t sound good does it. Hey now – and recall here that it is Friday night! – is anyone else thinking what I’m thinking? Compare Falcon-V2 and Farscape-1. Uncanny.
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