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Author:  paulzolo [ Tue May 24, 2011 10:08 am ]
Post subject:  UK Skylon spaceplane passes key review
A combined air-breathing/rocket fuel aircraft that can get to orbit.

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Quote:
The proposed Skylon vehicle would do the job of a big rocket but operate like an airliner, taking off and landing at a conventional runway.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13506289
Author:  belchingmatt [ Tue May 24, 2011 10:10 am ]
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Now wait patiently for any country other than the UK to put the plans into production.
Author:  adidan [ Tue May 24, 2011 10:25 am ]
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Please can we have a space programme?

India has one and we give them International Aid. Doesn't seem to make sense in my head.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue May 24, 2011 10:52 am ]
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belchingmatt wrote:
Now wait patiently for any country other than the UK to put the plans into production.
I think you've just summed up the history of UK technology in the 20th centuary.
Author:  Linux_User [ Tue May 24, 2011 10:56 am ]
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But we do have a space programme. :?

http://www.bis.gov.uk/ukspaceagency/
Author:  belchingmatt [ Tue May 24, 2011 11:07 am ]
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Trident is obviously more necessary. :(
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue May 24, 2011 11:42 am ]
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We should have a bloody city on the Moon by now, and a Martian outpost. Instead we fiddle around with micro satellites and gaze at the Moon with the rosy-tinted spectacles of nostalgia.

We, as a species, are a bloody disgrace when it comes to exploration.
Author:  belchingmatt [ Tue May 24, 2011 11:51 am ]
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paulzolo wrote:
We, as a species, are a bloody disgrace when it comes to exploration.


Bloody health & safety! :x
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue May 24, 2011 11:54 am ]
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belchingmatt wrote:
paulzolo wrote:
We, as a species, are a bloody disgrace when it comes to exploration.


Bloody health & safety! :x


Yeah. Gone are the days when we would happily strap a few nutters in a bucket, sit it on top of a mahoosive firework and hope that the maths was done properly. :D
Author:  mikepgood [ Tue May 24, 2011 11:55 am ]
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I want one of those!
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue May 24, 2011 11:56 am ]
Post subject:  Re: UK Skylon spaceplane passes key review
paulzolo wrote:
A combined air-breathing/rocket fuel aircraft that can get to orbit.

Image

Quote:
The proposed Skylon vehicle would do the job of a big rocket but operate like an airliner, taking off and landing at a conventional runway.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13506289

It looks like something from Thunderbirds, just prior to it needing a rescue mission from International Rescue. :lol:
Author:  HeatherKay [ Tue May 24, 2011 11:57 am ]
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Didn't we invent something like this 30 years ago?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOTOL

:roll:
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue May 24, 2011 12:00 pm ]
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HeatherKay wrote:
Didn't we invent something like this 30 years ago?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOTOL

:roll:


That’s when BAE and Rolls Royce gave a damn about such things.
Author:  adidan [ Tue May 24, 2011 3:02 pm ]
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paulzolo wrote:
We, as a species, are a bloody disgrace when it comes to exploration.

Indeed. Too much time fighting over oil and territory when we have a bigger problem of being hit by something from space.
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