Some good aerospace news for you. I don't know the theoretical impact a hypersonic space plane would have, but it sounds very cool.

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/europe-working-to-launch-invictus-hypersonic-space-plane-by-2031-video

NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Begins Taxi Tests https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-x-59-quiet-supersonic-aircraft-begins-taxi-tests/ #NASA #Aeronautics #AeronauticsResearchMissionDirectorate #AmesResearchCenter #ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #CommercialSupersonicTechnology #GlennResearchCenter #IntegratedAviationSystemsProgram #LangleyResearchCenter #LowBoomFlightDemonstrator #QuesstX59 #SupersonicFlight

Putting the X-59 to the Test https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/putting-the-x-59-to-the-test/ #NASA #Aeronautics

X-59 Model Tested in Japanese Supersonic Wind Tunnel https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/x-59-model-tested-in-japanese-supersonic-wind-tunnel/ #NASA #Aeronautics #AeronauticsResearchMissionDirectorate #LowBoomFlightDemonstrator #QuesstX59 #QuesstTheVehicle #SupersonicFlight

NASA Advances Pressure Sensitive Paint Research Capability https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/pressure-sensitive-paint-2025/ #NASA #Aeronautics #AeronauticsResearchMissionDirectorate #AerosciencesEvaluationTestCapabilities #AmesResearchCenter #FlightInnovation #GlennResearchCenter #LangleyResearchCenter #TransformationalToolsTechnologies

Astronaut Joe Engle Flies X-15 https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/astronaut-joe-engle-flies-x-15/ #NASA #Aeronautics #JoeHEngle

NASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Flights in Mid-Atlantic, California https://www.nasa.gov/missions/airborne-science/nasa-aircraft-to-make-low-altitude-flights-in-mid-atlantic-california/ #NASA #AirborneScience #Aeronautics #AmesResearchCenter #ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #WallopsFlightFacility

NASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Flights in Mid-Atlantic, California https://www.nasa.gov/missions/airborne-science/nasa-aircraft-to-make-low-altitude-flights-in-mid-atlantic-california/ #NASA #AirborneScience #Aeronautics #AmesResearchCenter #WallopsFlightFacility

NASA Air Taxi Passenger Comfort Studies Move Forward https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/nasa-air-taxi-passenger-comfort-studies-move-forward/ #NASA #ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #AdvancedAirMobility #AdvancedAirVehiclesProgram #Aeronautics #AmesResearchCenter #DronesYou #RevolutionaryVerticalLiftTechnology

NASA Aircraft to Make Low-Altitude Flights in Mid-Atlantic, California https://www.nasa.gov/missions/airborne-science/nasa-aircraft-to-make-low-altitude-flights-in-mid-atlantic-california/ #NASA #AirborneScience #Aeronautics #WallopsFlightFacility

NASA Tech to Measure Heat, Strain in Hypersonic Flight https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/nasa-tech-to-measure-heat-strain-in-hypersonic-flight/ #NASA #ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #AdvancedAirVehiclesProgram #Aeronautics #AeronauticsResearchMissionDirectorate #HypersonicTechnology

NASA F-15s Validate Tools for Quesst Mission https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/nasa-f-15s-validate-tools-for-quesst-mission/ #NASA #ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #Aeronautics #AeronauticsResearchMissionDirectorate #AmesResearchCenter #GlennResearchCenter #IntegratedAviationSystemsProgram #LangleyResearchCenter #LowBoomFlightDemonstrator #QuesstX59 #QuesstTheVehicle #SupersonicFlight

NASA F-15s Validate Tools for Quesst Mission https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/nasa-f-15s-validate-tools-for-quesst-mission/ #NASA #ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #Aeronautics #AeronauticsResearchMissionDirectorate #AmesResearchCenter #CommercialSupersonicTechnology #GlennResearchCenter #IntegratedAviationSystemsProgram #LangleyResearchCenter #LowBoomFlightDemonstrator #QuesstX59 #QuesstTheVehicle

ARMD Research Solicitations (Updated June 6) https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/armd-solicitations/ #NASA #Aeronautics #AeronauticsResearchMissionDirectorate #ForCollegesUniversities #LearningResources

you wanted to privatize #NASA? that’s what you get when you privatize NASA.

https://journa.host/@w7voa/114632859241411811

then again, don’t all of Ketamine Clyde’s spaceships explode?

oh yeah, they do.
https://apnews.com/article/spacex-starship-elon-musk-moon-mars-5f02ab8e4b794e518fe99905adaa7471

Musk is an #aeronautics loser. he’ll have to put up all that paper valuation of his own money, to make a rocket that actually works.

this drama is about cancelling his contracts, ain’t it?

NASA’s Moffett Federal Airfield Hosts Boeing Digital Taxi Tests https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/ames/nasas-moffett-federal-airfield-hosts-boeing-digital-taxi-tests/ #NASA #AmesResearchCenter #Aeronautics #AeronauticsResearchMissionDirectorate #AirTrafficControlLabs #AirTrafficManagementExploration #AirTrafficSolutions #DronesYou #FutureFlightCentral

Winners Announced in NASA’s 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/winners-2025-gateways-to-blue-skies/ #NASA #Aeronautics #AeronauticsResearchMissionDirectorate #AmesResearchCenter #ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #GlennResearchCenter #LangleyResearchCenter #TechnologyTransfer #TransformativeAeronauticsConceptsProgram #UniversityInnovation

Another Milestone for X-59 https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/another-milestone-for-x-59/ #NASA #Aeronautics

NASA X-59’s Latest Testing Milestone: Simulating Flight from the Ground https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/x-59-aluminum-bird/ #NASA #Aeronautics #AdvancedAirVehiclesProgram #AeronauticsResearchMissionDirectorate #AmesResearchCenter #ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #CommercialSupersonicTechnology #GlennResearchCenter #IntegratedAviationSystemsProgram #LangleyResearchCenter #LowBoomFlightDemonstrator #QuesstX59

NASA Air Taxi Passenger Comfort Studies

#AAM #ARMD #AdvancedAirMobility #Aeronautics #AeronauticsResearchMissionDirectorate #AirTaxi #Drone #NASA’sArmstrongFlightResearchCenter

5 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=5&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20250516010859