Steven Schneider
Steven Schneider
four noise quietly recent run shown tests tunnel wind
After four years of debugging, recent tests have shown that it does, indeed, run quietly at Mach 6. The wind tunnel airflow has about one-tenth to one-thirtieth of the noise in other high-speed wind tunnels.
designers eliminate expensive metal space system vehicle
Designers are considering a new re-entry vehicle with a metal skin. This would eliminate the tile system used on the space shuttle, which is expensive to maintain.