This is the second failed flight for the HTV-2, at $160 million per splash. DARPA issues statement on failed flight of hypersonic aircraft The Falcon launched at 7:45 a.m. from Vandenberg Air Force Base, northwest of Santa Barbara, into the upper reaches of Earth’s atmosphere aboard an eight-story Minotaur IV rocket, made by Orbital Sciences [...]
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