tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post3668289718005118431..comments2023-07-14T07:42:45.273-05:00Comments on Beam Me Up - Science & Science Fiction news: DARPA Falcon HTV-2 Deemed SucessfulBeam Me Uphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-46600335156476281742011-08-19T19:34:38.336-05:002011-08-19T19:34:38.336-05:00Better put than I did Jon. I think it just irked ...Better put than I did Jon. I think it just irked me that they made it sound like controlled flight when the times seem to say otherwise. At those speeds its more likely that, since it had no real control surfaces, it went into a long steep dive.Beam Me Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-18637560590636239802011-08-19T15:49:46.722-05:002011-08-19T15:49:46.722-05:00If my math is correct, at 20 times the speed of so...If my math is correct, at 20 times the speed of sound, this craft can glide 700 miles in three minutes (yes, I know it wasn't going 20 times the speed of sound the whole way down). At 80,000 feet of altitude,the HTV-2 was 15 miles high, so yes, the craft could travel 15 miles in 3 minutes (if it went straight down, which I'm sure it didn't). Even if it didn't dive straight down,Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02074250478246254638noreply@blogger.com