Government set to spend £60 million on a new rocket engine capable of sending people into space in just 15 MINUTES

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Government set to spend £60 million on a new rocket engine capable of sending people into space in just 15 MINUTES
GREAT BRITAIN User ID: 43514610 United Kingdom 07/16/2013 11:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Government set to spend £60 million on a new rocket engine capable of sending people into space in just 15 MINUTES The UK Government has announced plans to provide £60 million for a new rocket engine called Sabre capable of travelling up to five times the speed of sound and taking people to Earth's stratosphere in just 15 minutes. The engine, which stands for Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine, is built by British firm Reaction Engines which plans to use the technology on a unique 'spaceplane' called Skylon. . [link to www.dailymail.co.uk]

Anonymous Coward User ID: 24346233 United States 07/16/2013 12:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Government set to spend £60 million on a new rocket engine capable of sending people into space in just 15 MINUTES Remember that outer space is only like a hundred miles away.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 31691760 India 07/16/2013 12:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Government set to spend £60 million on a new rocket engine capable of sending people into space in just 15 MINUTES This is excellent news, skylon will be capable of london - sydney in 1 hour or take many tonnes into orbit very cheaply, sucks in air till none available then switches to liquid oxygen for the final few miles.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 31691760 India 07/16/2013 12:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Government set to spend £60 million on a new rocket engine capable of sending people into space in just 15 MINUTES Remember that outer space is only like a hundred miles away. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24346233 true, but conventional rocket engines need liquid oxygen, skylon takes its oxygen from the atmosphere until
Anonymous Coward User ID: 34226303 United States 07/16/2013 02:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Government set to spend £60 million on a new rocket engine capable of sending people into space in just 15 MINUTES
Anonymous Coward User ID: 14317225 Netherlands 07/16/2013 02:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Government set to spend £60 million on a new rocket engine capable of sending people into space in just 15 MINUTES 6 billion pounds and 25 years later...still testing...30 years later...in service, but obsolete...the story of post-war British engineering projects.
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