SinoSoldier
Colonel
Shenlong and the Chinese X-51-type drone are definitely two different things; the former is powered by a single liquid-fueled rocket engine and the latter either a scramjet or a combined-cycle turbo-ramjet.
China's Shenlong spacecraft flew successfully
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Shenlong and the Chinese X-51-type drone are definitely two different things; the former is powered by a single liquid-fueled rocket engine and the latter either a scramjet or a combined-cycle turbo-ramjet.
Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
Not really the choice power plant is irrelevant in studying the aerodynamic near space Shenlong is small experimental craft like american X-15 It is going nowhere They choose rocket because it is compact and small The real Mccoy will use different power plant
But both of them are launched from large aircraft
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SinoSoldier
Colonel
I think Henri K. was simply putting them side-by-side because they both happen to be launched by a carrier aircraft. The Shenlong is a glider after its ascent phase while the Sino-X-51 is powered throughout the entire flight (presumably).