Saturday, April 28, 2012

Space travel coming to an airport near you? Maybe, if Skylon keeps its cool

Space travel coming to an airport near you? Maybe, if Skylon keeps its cool:
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Want to get from New York to Perth in under 4 hours, or maybe just head to outer space on a lark? Reaction Engines' "Skylon" mach 5 spaceplane might be your chariot -- or not. Its scheme of ingesting oxygen from the atmosphere instead of stowing it like a 50-year old modern multi-stage rocket sounds good, but the project's fate may hang on critical new tests. Failure is still a possibility, but if the high-speed, superhot gases can be cooled enough for the hybrid Sabre engines to work, and if Reaction Engines Limited can secure another round of funding, punching your space-ticket could soon be a very real possibility.
Space travel coming to an airport near you? Maybe, if Skylon keeps its cool originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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2 comments:

perth airport long term parking said...

I thought they were planning the underwater railway for New York to London commuting? That idea sounded a bit more believable, this one sounds really expensive.

adelaide airport parking said...

This is a good concept for space travel but they need to rework on it and test it for safety.

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