Sabre rocket to slash air travel times

[Neil]

Science fiction about to become reality?


Aerospace engineers are seeking £250m to develop “the biggest breakthrough in propulsion technology since the invention of the jet engine”.

Reaction Engines, a private company based in Oxfordshire, says its Sabre rocket engine could propel an aircraft from London to Sydney in four hours – or a spaceplane into orbit and back in a single stage, taking off and landing on a conventional runway.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1413ca98-3953-11e2-afa8-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2DYHV1GBW

[wayzim]

Science fiction about to become reality?



http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1413ca98-3953-11e2-afa8-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2DYHV1GBW

Just so they don't call the first commercial craft, The Spindrift.

Wayne Z

[Neil]

Just so they don't call the first commercial craft, The Spindrift.

Wayne Z

Huh? Land of the Giants?

[wayzim]

Huh? Land of the Giants?

Correct. :D

Giving a sub orbital craft that name is just asking for trouble. On the other hand - it might be cool, since how many people would get the reference? After all, Land of the Giants isn't exactly Star Trek.

Wayne Z