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SCRAM
(redirected from Supersonic Combustion Ramjet)

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SCRAMSafety Control Rod Axe Man (nuclear reactor)
SCRAMSecure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor (Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc.)
SCRAMSupersonic Combustion Ramjet
SCRAMSupport Center for Regulatory Air Models (US EPA)
SCRAMState Consolidated RCRA Authorization Manual
SCRAMStart Cutting Right Away Man (cut the rope that drops control rods into reactor to stop the reaction)
SCRAMScenario Requirements Analysis Method (software engineering)
SCRAMSuper-Critical Reactor Axe Man
SCRAMSpecial Criteria for Retrograde of Army Materiel
SCRAMSystem Configuration Reconfiguration Automation Module
SCRAMStatistical CRAck Mechanics
SCRAMSpace Capsule Regulator and Monitor (Raytheon)
SCRAMShort-Cut Risk Assessment Method
SCRAMSignal Command Readout Alarm Module
SCRAMSpares Control, Release & Monitoring
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The latest supersonic combustion ramjets, called scramjets, burn air for fuel, and could one day carry people to space or around the world in a matter of hours.
Ultra fast "Scramjets" can be effectively guided by new control ... by Asian News International
The so-called Supersonic Combustion Ramjet - or scramjet - engine was designed to travel at speeds of up to 5,000 mph, or 10 times the speed of conventional aircraft.
Revolutionary jet takes off by Birmingham Mail (England)
The goal of the $230 million program is to advance technologies for a scramjet - or supersonic combustion ramjet - engine, an ultra-high-speed engine that draws oxygen for combustion from the atmosphere rather than carrying it as a rocket ship does.
X-43 HITS 6,600 MPH OVER PACIFIC OCEAN by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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