DEEJAYKEG Posted July 17, 2013 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.09 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted July 17, 2013 The UK government has announced a £60m kick-start of the Sabre engine to be used to power the Skylon space plane. As well as possessing an ability to reach orbit, the hypersonic aircraft would reach Mach-5 easily and put anywhere on the planet in reach within four hours. Source: Daily Telegraph Awards
Leadfinger Posted July 17, 2013 Member ID: 4888 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 56 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2020 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 3795 Achievement Points: 26312 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 01/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2023 Birthday: 08/29/1962 Posted July 17, 2013 Looks pretty cool. This is a step up for the UK after not having been a big player in the area of human launch vehicles. It's nice to see our friends across the pond with a hi tech toy to be proud of. Any timeline on when this new craft will be operational? Awards
djMot Posted July 17, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 14 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Posted July 17, 2013 Cool. Looks like it's gonna cost a lot, though! Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted July 17, 2013 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.09 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Author Posted July 17, 2013 Looks pretty cool. This is a step up for the UK after not having been a big player in the area of human launch vehicles. It's nice to see our friends across the pond with a hi tech toy to be proud of. Any timeline on when this new craft will be operational? I don't believe a target launch date has been mentioned yet but the idea itself is not a new one. We were raised on stuff like this (dating from 1962). JohnnyDos 1 Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted July 17, 2013 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.09 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Author Posted July 17, 2013 PS @@Leadfinger I forgot to mention that there's a large British interest in a project that's already flying - Virgin Galactic: Awards
2_MANY_BEERS Posted July 17, 2013 Member ID: 96 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 108 Topic Count: 1049 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 8817 Content Per Day: 1.53 Reputation: 3309 Achievement Points: 62219 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19 Birthday: 06/30/1954 Device: Windows Posted July 17, 2013 Looking at the landing they might want to make this one a tail dragger. Looks like the front landing gear would buckle easily. Beers
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