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Scramjet facts for kids

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Drawing of NASA's X-43A scramjet

Scramjet is a type of jet engine. Like other jets it pushes mixed air and gas out of the back to make it go. Like other ramjets it doesn't use a mechanical compressor. Engineers have experimented with it since the 1950s. They hope a scramjet will work someday at 15 times the speed of sound (mach 15).

Images for kids

  • X-43A (Hyper - X) Mach 7 computational fluid dynamic (CFD)

    Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) image of the NASA X-43A with scramjet attached to the underside at Mach 7

  • Specific-impulse-kk-20090105

    The specific impulse of various engines

  • SJX61 1EngineTest20070221 TransitionToJP7

    Test of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne SJY61 scramjet engine for the Boeing X-51

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Scramjet para niños

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