Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Reaction Engines Ltd : News Update - February 2012

Reaction Engines Ltd : News Update - February 2012  h/t Next Big Future



Skylon news.


It is a pretty interesting concept, in particular, the dual mode engines can work in air breathing mode and standard rocket mode. This could be quite interesting for other designs, such as the one that Elon Musk wants to develop for his reusable rockets. Musk doesn't like air breathers, but those don't have to be air breathers on the way up, just on the way down.

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