X-43A Mach 10 Mission Scrubbed For Today

An anonymous reader writes "NASA's third X-43A hypersonic research mission has been scrubbed for today due to technical glitches with X-43A instrumentation. When the issues were addressed, not enough time remained in the launch window."

That's not what happened

[asadodetira]

It flew so fast that it traveled forward in time. Have you noticed that the X-43A has a little box attached. What do you think the little box does? (Reference to Primer movie)

Any excuse...

[Mendy]

... to have the day off "visiting the Black Mesa research facility" ;)

Re:That's not what happened

[Nermal6693]

I travel forward in time every day, and I don't need a little box to do it.

Lies

[Ambient_Developer]

Technical difficulty, sure.. I bet the pilot was busy getting laid or somthing. Pilots always get the women, especially when chicks know you fly a big powerful mach 10 jet!

Re:That's not what happened

[Fyre2012]

What do you think the little box does?

it's the flux capacitor

Re:Lies

[InfiniteWisdom]

Its a pilotless plane

Re:Lies

[wasted]

Its a pilotless plane

So in true slashdot-reader fashion, nobody gets laid as a result

I thought TFA said...

[Anonymous Coward]

...technical glitches...and...Windows...and thought, "Oh, well, that explains it."

Re:Lies

[tool462]

So the pilot no longer gets laid, he just plays with his joystick?

Re:Any excuse...

[Zorilla]

You go take vacation leave to play Half-Life 1 while the rest of us visit the abandoned plant in eastern Europe, fighting baddies with a crowbar.

not enough time in the launch window?

[chochos]

not enough time remained in the launch window

We've all heard about the short uptime of Windows, but this is ridiculous.

Not the one I want to hear about

[kettch]

Where's the X-303 [gateworld.net]?

I watch too much TV :D

Re:Any excuse...

[kko]

In other news, Colin Powell resigned today. White House sources say he spent all his time talking about a "Gold edition" and a "steam cache".

Instrumentation

[marko123]

The speedometer only went up to Mach 8

Re:Lies

[hengist]

Great, a machine gets it more than most Slashdotters.

launch window?

[zmollusc]

What launch window? Can B52's only fly 9 to 5 now? Does the autonomous drone punch a time clock and go home? Are they scared of bumping into all the other mach 10 aircraft wizzing around at 100,000 feet? wtf?