On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:14:07 +0100, "Keith Willshaw"
wrote:


"Franz Geff" wrote in message
.com...

This missile was allowed to glide into the Pacific. Strangely enough this
missile could be retrieved by the a foreign government (Russia, China or
France).

It was publicly stated that NASA would NOT even try and recover the jet
for
budgetary reasons and would abondon it, it would give anyone retrieving
the
X-43 the following information (at the very least):
- The materials neccessary for hypersonic flight (titanium, composites,
etc)
- The aerodynamic design
- The engine design
- Some of the onboard computer information if it is retrievable

Thus MANY of the details of how to REPEAT this experiment can be GLEANED
from simply retrieve the X-43 from the Ocean bed. This would be well worth
the risk to any foreign power. So I think that was not the wisest idea ...


Lets try and provide you with a a clue

1) The Pacific is BIG

2) The Pacific is DEEP

3) The missile is SMALL

Review the efforts the USA had to make when they tried
to raise a Soviet Submarine from the Pacific and then bear
in mind they knew pretty much where to look and the thing they
were looking for was MUCH bigger.

Keith


They *did* manage to find four MK28 bombs though, though I don't
recall if it was in the Atlantic or Med.