On 4 November 2013 15:27, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Caught this interesting item on the BBC online news:
> >>
> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24803511
> >>
> >
> >Only operational by 2030 !
> >
>
> Yes, but that concept to easily lead to a surface-to-orbit vehicle if
> you added rocket capability to the engines. I believe that the British
> were working on such an engine and vehicle some years ago. It's just a
> matter of time before such a vehicle goes from science fiction to reality.
>
We still are. Well, for values of "we" that include little startups based
in a science park in Oxfordshire ;)
http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/space_skylon.html
Just up the road from the CCFR (home of the Joint European Torus, or JET).
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