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Goal is to get the X43A up to Mach 7
Hyper-X, NASA's multi-year hypersonic flight research program, seeks to overcome one of the greatest aeronautical research challenges - air-breathing
hypersonic flight. Far outpacing contemporary aircraft of supersonic capability, three X-43A vehicles will fly at speeds of Mach 7 and 10. Ultimately,
the revolutionary technologies exposed by the Hyper-X Program promise to increase payload capacities and reduce costs for future air and space
vehicles
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