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Frozen detonation could enable hypersonic flight

28 May 2021
Hypersonic aircraft
Conceptual image of an oblique detonation wave engine-powered hypersonic aircraft. (Courtesy: background image: NASA; composite image: Daniel A Rosato)
Scientists in the US have produced a detonation that is fixed in space for the first time. This stan

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