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[Still Waters]

www.bbc.co.uk said:

British scientists and engineers have begun testing an experiemental technology which they say could be the future of space travel.

The Skylon spacecraft is designed to fly from runway to orbit in a single stage, to be completely reuseable and with no need for a pilot.

The key to the project is an engine designed to operate as both a jet and rocket motor with a specially-designed cooling system.

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[Oppono Astos]

As this team is based at Culham, this is very much local interest; though the ideas have been evolved over a number of years by Alan Bond since the HOTOL designs from the mid-80s.

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The Skylon, a concept spaceplane that (theoretically) could go from a standing start to orbit and back without disposing of any rocket stages, took another big step forward today as tests independently audited by the European Space Agency confirmed that the Sabre engine underpinning it is conceptually sound. It’s the second key endorsement from the ESA that Skylon and the Sabre engine have picked up in the past two years--giving Sabre-maker Reaction Engines cause to call its technology the biggest engine breakthrough since the jet.

http://uk.reuters.co...E8AR0R520121128

[and then]

Jet lag would be horrible I bet   Imagine breakfast in Sydney, lunch in NY and tea in Tokyo.... And on to Buenos Aires for a little night life that evening!

[pallidin]

Yeah, I thought things would be a lot different by now.

[DieChecker]

Cool. As an engineer, it will be interesting to eventually see how they have solved the problems they say they have.

[marcos anthony toledo]

This technology is long overdue for the space program this beats the pants off the space shuttle. Wish we had this long before the space program would way ahead by now.

[Hawkin]

I'm sure they're using some advanced engine technology in secret and have been for decades.

[keithisco]

Mag357, on 03 December 2012 - 10:51 PM, said:

I'm sure they're using some advanced engine technology in secret and have been for decades.

No good keeping it secret - who benefits from your tax dollar??

What I find really exciting about this project - and I have been following it for some years - is that it will get into the Public Domain and therefore everyone gets the benefit. It would put ESA (European Space Agency ) a decade at least ahead of all the other Space Agencies.

[kwin]

'As I see it': It looks as tho' this could be a short term fix for the antiquated capitalist driven airline industry, but (yawn) is merely a tail-chasing odyssey for any type of comprehensive space travel, probably sponsored by BP. This is an electric universe.



“Fossil fuels will make fossils of us all”

[Hawkin]

keithisco, on 04 December 2012 - 12:13 AM, said:

No good keeping it secret - who benefits from your tax dollar??

What I find really exciting about this project - and I have been following it for some years - is that it will get into the Public Domain and therefore everyone gets the benefit. It would put ESA (European Space Agency ) a decade at least ahead of all the other Space Agencies.

Those triangle craft that have been spotted in the night sky (running silent) are using some kind of propulsion.
I believe they are earthly and not ET.

[DONTEATUS]

Mag357, on 04 December 2012 - 01:19 AM, said:

Those triangle craft that have been spotted in the night sky (running silent) are using some kind of propulsion.
I believe they are earthly and not ET.

I wouldnt jump to that conclusion as quickly Mag357 believe me That  Saber engine designed by Richard Varvill will be on loud power plant ! No Black Trangle`s that fly with total silence are not of this world ! of Government BLK opp`s program.

[Hawkin]

DONTEATUS, on 04 December 2012 - 03:37 AM, said:

I wouldnt jump to that conclusion as quickly Mag357 believe me That  Saber engine designed by Richard Varvill will be on loud power plant ! No Black Trangle`s that fly with total silence are not of this world ! of Government BLK opp`s program.

Well, I'm open minded about the UFO phenomena and not a quick debunker like some. But with the B2 and F117 being triangle in shape would lead me to believe that
these other triangle craft could be secret military. The military is decades ahead in technology then what we have commercially. They could very well have developed
an engine that runs silent. (electromagnetic possibly) Now as for the saucer shaped craft, they are a mystery since they were seen in the skys in the 1940's.

[pbarosso]

i am sure the US black projects know whats up with this stuff, after all they had the sr-71 designed in the late 50's.

[King Fluffs]

Nice.