"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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"Franz Geff" wrote in message
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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

The X-43 would have hit the water at a fair clip and likely been
bent and torn apart. The shaping is all important, to pretty tight
tolerances and probably can not be determined from the remains
of the X-43. If it could be determined, it would tell them the
shape for a missile 12 foot long, scaling is not obviously linear.