ABC news is reporting that the Air Force tested the X-51A scramjet yesterday, and that it successfully fired for 200 seconds, blowing away -- literally -- the previous record of 12 seconds. Very cool. So screw getting your own jet pack. When do we get our own Mach 6 personal scrampacks*?
Tip o' the windscreen to Slashdot.
^*Scrampack™ is a trademark of Phil Plait and Bad Astronomy, LLC. Any use except by the military, which could bomb my neighborhood at 7000 kph, is prohibited.
