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chris
08-30-2005, 05:09 AM
Japan Times article:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050824f2.htm
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The JAXA group participating in the development of the next generation SST to fly at around Mach 2.4 (near 3000km/hr) will undertake another test of the scale model of their airframe at Woomera in South Australia.

The craft will be powered by a rocket, and should then detach and glide back to earth. The test will measure all manner of airframe performance at high speed.