RUSSIA : Hypersonic ROCKET sells for 38.000 $ at auction 2016
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2016-06-14
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A hypersonic Rocket that was once the fastest machine to have flown within Earth’s atmosphere has been sold for £38,025 at an auction in London.
The Kholod was the first successful demonstration of a scramjet – a type of jet engine that relies on high vehicle speed to compress incoming air before combustion rather than the mechanical compressors used in standard jets – reaching a top speed of 4,310mph (6,936km/h), a world record at the time.
A $95m (£59m) joint venture between Nasa and the Russian Institute for New Propellants (CIAM), the vehicle set the stage for future scramjet projects that have gone on to beat the Kholod’s record such as Nasa’s X43, which reached 7,546mph in 2004, and Darpa’s HTV-2 Falcon, which reached 13,201mph in 2010. Thanks for watching leave your comments ,share and Subscribe ;)
The Kholod was the first successful demonstration of a scramjet – a type of jet engine that relies on high vehicle speed to compress incoming air before combustion rather than the mechanical compressors used in standard jets – reaching a top speed of 4,310mph (6,936km/h), a world record at the time.
A $95m (£59m) joint venture between Nasa and the Russian Institute for New Propellants (CIAM), the vehicle set the stage for future scramjet projects that have gone on to beat the Kholod’s record such as Nasa’s X43, which reached 7,546mph in 2004, and Darpa’s HTV-2 Falcon, which reached 13,201mph in 2010. Thanks for watching leave your comments ,share and Subscribe ;)
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