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Leslie Mathew
Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA
(Phone: 661/258-3458)
Chris Rink
Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
(Phone: 757/864-6786)
RELEASE: 99-128
Unlike a rocket that must carry its own oxygen for combustion,
an air-breathing aircraft scoops air from the atmosphere, making
the aircraft lighter and enabling it to carry more cargo/payload
than rocket-powered propulsion vehicles. The X-43 will use the
body of the aircraft itself to form critical elements of the
engine with the forebody acting as the intake for the airflow and
using the aft section as the nozzle.
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