Software Faulted In Failed Hypersonic Test
ORLANDO, Fla. – Preliminary findings of an investigation into the August 2008 loss of NASA’s HyBOLT (hypersonic boundary layer transition) rocket-boosted experimental project suggest a software fault was to blame. HyBOLT was aimed at gathering data on transition flow physics – one of the fundamental...
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