Biggest engine breakthrough since the jet

glhs837

glhs837

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Misfit said:
British company claims biggest engine breakthrough since the jet | Reuters

Reaction Engines Ltd believes its novel Sabre engine, which would operate like a jet engine in the atmosphere and a rocket in space, could displace rockets for space access and transform air travel by bringing any destination on earth to no more than four hours away.
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SSTO here we come, I hope. And once we get there, we can use this to go to the stars!!!!!!

Warp Drive More Possible Than Thought, Scientists Say | Space.com

Now, it's theoretical, true, but note that they are in the lab at Johnson Space Center now, so who knows....
 
GWguy

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This will be interesting. It's a modification of the SCRAMJET, but seems to me the last test of the X-51 SCRAMJET didn't go so well.

So not only are they fighting the SCRAMJET technology, but the additional modifications as well.
 
glhs837

glhs837

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Every new jump in capability costs. Look at the early jet days. And the early supersonic days. And that last failure wasnt due to some problem with the scramjet, but a control fin that didnt work. You can do millions of things to prevent stuff like this, but at the end of the day, it's a thing made by imperfect people in an imperfect universe, stuff happens.
 
GWguy

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glhs837 said:
Every new jump in capability costs. Look at the early jet days. And the early supersonic days. And that last failure wasnt due to some problem with the scramjet, but a control fin that didnt work. You can do millions of things to prevent stuff like this, but at the end of the day, it's a thing made by imperfect people in an imperfect universe, stuff happens.
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Don't get me wrong, I understand that. I've worked in the Aerospace industry since F-14 days.

I am looking forward to them working out the kinks and proving the technology, just pointing out the obvious.
 
Gilligan

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glhs837 said:
Every new jump in capability costs. Look at the early jet days. And the early supersonic days. And that last failure wasnt due to some problem with the scramjet, but a control fin that didnt work. You can do millions of things to prevent stuff like this, but at the end of the day, it's a thing made by imperfect people in an imperfect universe, stuff happens.
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Like the multiple catastrophic failures we had with the first vertical-launched cruise missiles. A system and capability that is taken for granted now.

They'll get there; hope to hear more good stuff about that engine soon.
 
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