Dude where's my Hypersonic Glider????

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Dude where's my Hypersonic Glider????

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http://news.yahoo.com/contact-lost-hype ... 16325.html

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An unmanned hypersonic glider developed for U.S. defense research into super-fast global strike capability was launched atop a rocket early Thursday but contact was lost after the experimental craft began flying on its own, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said.
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Re: Dude where's my Hypersonic Glider????

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Just what we need.... A giant arrowhead hurdling through the atmosphere out of control at 13,000 MPH with no idea what or who it could or did crash into, all at tax payers' expense.

I think I just heard a toilet flush.
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pair8head wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/contact-lost-hype ... 16325.html

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An unmanned hypersonic glider developed for U.S. defense research into super-fast global strike capability was launched atop a rocket early Thursday but contact was lost after the experimental craft began flying on its own, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said.
Began flying on it's own? AAHHHHH! Judgment Day is here!! Just like the Terminator said!! Run for the hills!!!
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FunkHouse9 wrote:Just what we need.... A giant arrowhead hurdling through the atmosphere out of control at 13,000 MPH with no idea what or who it could or did crash into, all at tax payers' expense.

I think I just heard a toilet flush.
once it crashes, it should be easy to find.
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RinglingRingling wrote: once it crashes, what's left of it should be easy to find.
Fixed it for ya.

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Re: Dude where's my Hypersonic Glider????

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I thought high speed rail was the transportation of the future.
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