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UK government invests £60 million in Skylon 'super-plane' that could cut Lond... - 0 views

  • UK government invests £60 million in Skylon 'super-plane' that could cut London to Sydney flights to just four hours
  • Its 'Sabre' engine - a hybrid rocket and jet propulsion system which theoretically allows travel anywhere on Earth in four hours or less - could become a reality in a decade.
  • A full ground-based engine test is currently planned for 2020.
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  • The super-plane will rely on cooling an incoming airstream from 1,000 degrees C to minus 150 C almost instantly, at close to 1/100th of a second.
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    Aerospace flight research aiming to speed up long-distance flights. However investment volume seems inadequate for such a huge project.
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