Post by sherlew99 on May 24, 2017 17:06:08 GMT -6
Popular Mechanics
DARPA and Boeing Team Up to Build a Hypersonic Spaceplane, the "Phantom Express"
The XS-1 program is underway.
DARPA announced today that it has selected Boeing to design and build a new reusable, hypersonic spaceplane called the Phantom Express that would fly into high suborbital altitudes to launch satellites into orbit before coming back down to land horizontally like an airplane.
DARPA and Boeing Team Up to Build a Hypersonic Spaceplane, the "Phantom Express"
The XS-1 program is underway.
DARPA announced today that it has selected Boeing to design and build a new reusable, hypersonic spaceplane called the Phantom Express that would fly into high suborbital altitudes to launch satellites into orbit before coming back down to land horizontally like an airplane.
Click here for the rest of the article.
