ISTAR engine really three engines in one, says NASA
The ISTAR engine that could power NASA's X-43B hypersonic demonstrator by decade's end is actually three engines integrated into one, according to Project Manager Craig McArthur. "We're taking three propulsion systems - a rocket, a ramjet, and a scramjet - and we're coming up with one flowpath which...
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