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HYPERSOAR [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2000-07-25
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Types of Aircraft
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- HyperSoar
1, record 1, English, HyperSoar
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
HyperSoar would ascend to about 39,000 metres, lofting outside the Earth's atmosphere. Then it would turn off its engines and coast back to the surface of the atmosphere, where it would again fire its engines and skip back into space. The craft would repeat this process until it reached its destination. ... Passengers would feel 1.5 times the force of gravity at the bottom of each skip and weightlessness while in space[,] comparable to the effect felt on a child's swing, though HyperSoar's motion would be 100 times slower. The aircraft's angle of descent and ascent during the skips would only be five degrees. 2, record 1, English, - HyperSoar
Record 1, Key term(s)
- Hyper Soar
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Types d'aéronefs
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- HyperSoar
1, record 1, French, HyperSoar
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- aéronef surfant 2, record 1, French, a%C3%A9ronef%20surfant
masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Un laboratoire de recherches du département américain de l'Énergie a mis au point un projet d’avion "hypersonique" permettant de réduire à moins de deux heures le trajet San Francisco-Tokyo, contre dix heures et demie actuellement. Dans un communiqué publié jeudi soir, le laboratoire national Lawrence Livermore précise que cet appareil digne d’un film de science-fiction, désigné par le nom de code "HyperSoar", pourrait voler a plus de 10. 700 km/h, soit Mach 10, et que sa carlingue poserait beaucoup moins de problèmes de protection thermique que les projets antérieurs. [...] Après avoir atteint une altitude d’environ 43. 000 mètres, soit juste au-dessus de l'atmosphère, l'avion coupera ses moteurs et reviendra a la limite de l'atmosphère, sur laquelle une remise en route des moteurs lui permettra de "ricocher" dans l'espace à la manière d’un galet qui ricocherait sur un étang. 3, record 1, French, - HyperSoar
Record 1, Key term(s)
- Hyper Soar
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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