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A revolutionary engine that can turn an aircraft into an orbiting spaceplane has won fresh backing from the British Government.
The UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, singled out the SABRE project that will power Skylon into space in his 2013 spending review delivered to Parliament.
The hybrid engine - its name stands for Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine - is currently being developed by Reaction Engines, based at Abingdon, near Oxford.
Originally posted by AthlonSavage
reply to post by Trillium
Im amazed how closely the SABRE resembles the spacejet from 2001 a space odyssey
Originally posted by AthlonSavage
reply to post by Trillium
Im amazed how closely the SABRE resembles the spacejet from 2001 a space odyssey
Originally posted by AthlonSavage
reply to post by Trillium
Im amazed how closely the SABRE resembles the spacejet from 2001 a space odyssey
Originally posted by AthlonSavage
reply to post by Trillium
Im amazed how closely the SABRE resembles the spacejet from 2001 a space odyssey
Originally posted by crazyewok
I wanna donate money to this!
If Britain can get this working then the wealth it would bring is would be astronomical!!!!
The first country that finds a cheap way into space and can get a working infrastructure for mining becomes the next super power. That most likley why funding has not been cut for it. Our dumb goverment are not dumb enough not to see the potential!
Unfortunately we will most likely hand it over to the USA but hopefully we will claim a few near earth asteroids and a big chunk of mars first.
Originally posted by justwokeup
The plan isn't to build the Skylon vehicle I don't think. The plan is to get the engine technology to the point that its a proven mature product and then license the technology out to others.
Still potentially very lucrative. The SABRE engine is as revolutionary as the jet engine. Hopefully we will be smart enough not to give the IPR away for free this time.
Originally posted by TopsyTurvyOne
Originally posted by AthlonSavage
reply to post by Trillium
Im amazed how closely the SABRE resembles the spacejet from 2001 a space odyssey
science fiction is a great inspiration for 'reality'.
satellites are an arthur c. clarke invention of the mind
which later became an actuality. or did they?
(how do they really work then? and have you tried google-imaging 'satellites'?
-you might be surprised at what you don't find!)
the point being that if rocketry is not possible at extreme heights and in
the vacuum of space then we are swimming so deep in deception it's a
wonder we can even tell our collective arses from our collective elbows.
Originally posted by crazyewok
Originally posted by justwokeup
The plan isn't to build the Skylon vehicle I don't think. The plan is to get the engine technology to the point that its a proven mature product and then license the technology out to others.
Still potentially very lucrative. The SABRE engine is as revolutionary as the jet engine. Hopefully we will be smart enough not to give the IPR away for free this time.
I think the UK should go the full hog and get it up and runnig as quickly as possibly. In the long run it would pay our national debt x 1000 if we can be first to exploit space. In my opinion the first country that exploits space wins the word.edit on 3-7-2013 by crazyewok because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by crazyewok
reply to post by nomadros
So lets not just bother and let China and India get out there first and force the west into the 3rd world. Yeah great Idea
Originally posted by nomadros
Originally posted by crazyewok
reply to post by nomadros
So lets not just bother and let China and India get out there first and force the west into the 3rd world. Yeah great Idea
I'm all for bothering, but it's not up to me. This bunch have been scribbling "concepts" since the early 1980s had have yet to come up with anything. Their last deadline wooshed past about 2 years ago and still nothing. They've so far produced 30 years of jack. They ain't gonna change any day soon.
wikipedia entry