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NASA’s X-43A Scramjet Almost Hit Mach 10 But Got the Hypersonic ‘Axe’

A’s Legacy Go Operational? -In 2004, NASA’s X-43A set the air-breathing speed record at Mach 9.6, validating scramjet combustion but only for 10 seconds before gliding to splashdown. -The demo ended ...
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NASA: Images foster public participation

The mission manager of Mars Exploration Rovers said the ability to allow public interaction is important to the success of the program. "It's hard to imagine the Rovers program without this high-speed ...
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NASA IT funding goals keep falling

Though governmentwide spending on information technology increased slightly with President Bush's fiscal 2005 budget, NASA's IT budget is headed downward for the third consecutive year. Under the ...
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NASA Ames research director G. Scott Hubbard to speak at UCSC

NASA Ames Research Center Director G. Scott Hubbard, who was the first NASA Mars program director and served as the sole NASA representative on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, will speak at ...
Space Coast Daily

NASA Awards Katalyst Space Technologies Contract to Raise Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to Higher Altitude

NASA has awarded Katalyst $30 million to move forward with implementation under a Phase III award as an existing participant in NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, managed by the ...
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UCSC builds on landmark NASA contract to expand UC presence in Silicon Valley

With over 100 employees and funding for current research tasks at about $18 million, the University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) at Moffett Field has quickly become a dynamic center of activity ...