posted on Jul, 21 2003 @ 02:01 PM
I wonder what nasa needs a vehicle to travel 15,840 mph for?!
"Simulated temperature profile for a three-dimensional hypersonic re-entry body traveling at an altitude of 100 kilometers, a speed of Mach 24, and
an angle of attack of 10 degrees. Performed on the Intel Touchstone Delta at CSCC, the simulation employed 70 million particles and all 512 of the
Delta's processors running for 50 minutes."
The wording of this makes me think INCOMING! But I'm sure they can develope some pretty good info for better re-entry protection.
Below is a image and the link.
CSCC