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I have been meaning to investigate the thermal stresses at transonic speeds. Plus I have fuel consumption questions.

Aerodynamically it does not seem appreciably different from a Mach 2 airframe. The inlets gave me pause too, but I guess we don't have much idea what might be happening in there. Of course you cannot judge the airframe composition. I suppose it looked too conventional to me to be a hypersonic...

The Dark Star certainly appears to be Hollywood's conception of a hypersonic aircraft. Nothing in its design says hypersonic to me. I am not an aerospace engineer, so anyone else have something to say? I do have an aerospace engineer in my extended family, so I will find time to discuss this...