Check 6 Revisits: Hypersonic Hopes—The Legacy Of The X-30 Orient Express

Hypersonics expert and former chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force Dr. Mark Lewis joins Aviation Week's Christine Boynton, Guy Norris and Graham Warwick to examine the X-30 NASP program, and how—decades later—its legacy still lives on.

Check 6 Revisits delves into Aviation Week's more than 100-year archive. Subscribers can explore our archive here and read key Aviation Week articles on NASP here: 

• Reagan Endorses Station, Advanced Transport (Feb. 10, 1986)
• X-30 Technology Advancing Despite Management Rift (March 7, 1988)
• The X-30: Leading The Way Into The Hypersonic Era (Nov.13, 1989)
• Senate Balks At Raising X-30 Funds, Placing NASP’s Future In Doubt (June 29, 1992)
• Editorial: Recommit To Hypersonics (Nov. 30, 2009)

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Feb. 4, 1986: President Reagan's State of the Union Address (C-SPAN)