Friggin Cool - HTV-2

[Egg]

And willing to spend half of the country's money on it. Just like a bunch of jocks trying to a champion.

HAHAHA!!! Pretty much.

[IndicusMaximus]

Anytown US 2014 - People try to keep their fears in check by staying patriotic. As they sit in neighborhoods that now resemble third world countries they don't complain about the single can of beans they have for a daily meal. "Acme Bean Corp beans is good" states one man. They lift their spirits with the thought that their country can bomb any place on the planet in one hour or less. "Our military is making sure these bad guys don't ruin our American way of life" is a often spoken phrase in these parts.

What do they put in those beans, they sure are good.

Nope. Only Texas has that problem. Everyone else is up to speed.

[Pigeon]

Wonder if it was lost...

"Pentagon's Hypersonic Plane Goes Missing. A test flight of the Falcon HTV-2, a hypersonic plane capable of reaching speeds roughly 20 times the speed of sound, ended unexpectedly early on Thursday when ground controllers lost contact with the arrowhead-shaped plane less than half an hour after it took to the skies. Launched at 7:45 a.m. Pacific Time from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, northwest of Santa Barbara, the aircraft soared to the upper reaches of the atmosphere aboard an eight-story Minotaur IV rocket, before being unleashed from its protective cover atop the rocket."

Now this is the second disappearance of a DARPA Hypersonic jet we reported on this UFO site. It may be that this hypersonic jet capable of going FASTER THAN MACH 20 may have shot into warp speed in some way. Perhaps by going so fast it created its own worm hole like tunnel disappearing from radar in a flash. Understand the first DARPA jet also disappeared the same way. If you remember Star Trek "First Contact" then you will remember that Zephram Cochrane made the first warp capable craft (looks same as DARPA craft, see video below at 2:04) and that achievement for humanity allowed aliens to make first contact. Well the same thing here with DARPA but the DARPA jet was unmanned and unable to return, therefore no first contact will occur. You see aliens have rules just like we do. If however the DARPA craft carries a human and...returns, then the aliens may introduce themselves to us, raising the level of awareness of humanity. When you ask? At about the end of 2012 they will have the next DARPA flight. Dec 21 perhaps?

[lkwalker]

Another 50 billion bucks well spent. Friggin cool.

[Pigeon]

DARPA said they collected more than nine minutes of data before the anomaly caused HTV2 to lose signal. The agency says it's likely that the glider crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Air Force Maj. Chris Schulz, project manager for the HTV2 program, said the agency will find a reason why the failure has occurred.

"We know how to boost the aircraft to near space. We know how to insert the aircraft into atmospheric hypersonic flight. We do not yet know how to achieve the desired control during the aerodynamic phase of flight. It's vexing; I'm confident there is a solution. We have to find it," Schulz said in a statement.

So much for shortage of funding in the government. What is the price tag on these things?

[lkwalker]

Unofficially the price tag is 17 Gazillion. Officially it's four bucks and lots of patriotic volunteers.

[Pam]

Could this be the start of a new conspiracy? Wasn't that thing leaving Earth's atmosphere? Maybe they are just pretending it got lost, maybe it is now completing some kind of space mission.

Maybe it has gone to the dark side of the moon!

[Pigeon]

DARPA officials declined to comment on the self-destruction, which was reported yesterday by Aviation Week.

The HTV-2 was launched aboard a rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Once the glider separated from its launcher, it was to embark on a 30-minute glide over the Pacific to a ditching point north of Kwajalein Atoll.

But something went awry at the nine-minute mark, DARPA reported. That's when the glider likely blew up.

Looks like $150 million per unit, 2 of which have been lost. Oh Lockheed, we want to order 2 more. After about 8 crashes they will discover someone is using the wrong screw to hold a part in place.

[Pigeon]

The conspiracy is that these aircraft most likely cost about 1 billion dollars each.

[Dr Exile]

Exclusive from BEnewsgroup:

Microchips used in the control computers of the craft were made in China.

It has been learned by secret sources of the newsgroup that the HTV-2 made a soft landing at Beijing International Airport.