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NASA and Air Force Work to Establish Hypersonic Science Centers

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September 22, 2008

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA and the United
States Air Force are looking for university and industry partners as they
work to advance hypersonic research.

NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in Washington and the
Air Force Research Laboratory’s Office of Science Research at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, have released a broad
agency announcement describing their intent to establish three national
hypersonic science centers. Hypersonic speed is defined as Mach 5, or five
times the speed of sound, and faster.

NASA’s Fundamental Aeronautics Program and the Air Force Office of
Science Research plan to set aside as much as $30 million to fund the
centers over five years. The maximum grant will be approximately $2 million
a year. The jointly funded program will support university-level basic
science or engineering research that provides improved understanding of
hypersonic flight.

“We have identified three critical research areas: air-breathing
propulsion, materials and structures, and boundary layer control,” said
James Pittman, principal investigator for NASA’s Fundamental Aeronautics
Program’s Hypersonics Project at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton,
Va. “These three areas are the biggest hurdles to successful hypersonic
flight and low-cost space access using an air-breathing engine.”

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