NASA may be Leaving the Hypersonics Field

The X-43A hypersonic testbed is set for a Mach 7 flight this month (see p. 17), but NASA's funding for additional flights is uncertain under the Fiscal 2005 Bush budget. The new exploration systems office, which took over funding for all advanced launch systems under the president's new space policy...

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