It looks a bit half-hearted compared to Skylon (Off-Topic)
Skylon's rockets can switch from air breathing to internal O2 tanks. It liquefies the incoming air in under a hundredth of a second and pumps that to the rockets. Or at least it will when it's built.
"When"? No: IF. And I can't stress how BIG that "IF" is. Compared to SpaceX and the Dragon V2, Reaction Engine's Skylon is all but vaporware. The Skylon is to space-access what the Moller Skycar is to flying cars. Actually it's worse; at least the Moller Skycar actually has had (slightly) successful tethered flight tests. They have successfully tested the engines for the Skylon, but Singe-Stage-To-Orbit is so much more than an engine test.
SpaceX has successfully demonstrated landing a liquid rocket on the Grasshopper....Reaction Engines has a static ground test of their bare engine.
No, the Dragon V2 if anything is "double hearted" when compared to the Skylon.
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scarab,
2014-06-03, 10:48
- Spaceplanes -
Axelrod vK,
2014-06-03, 14:00
- It looks a bit half-hearted compared to Skylon -
scarab,
2014-06-03, 14:26
- It looks a bit half-hearted compared to Skylon -
Mid7night,
2014-06-07, 10:09
- I was referring to Airbus' effort - I like SpaceX - scarab, 2014-06-08, 02:49
- It looks a bit half-hearted compared to Skylon -
Mid7night,
2014-06-07, 10:09
- It looks a bit half-hearted compared to Skylon -
scarab,
2014-06-03, 14:26
- Spaceplanes -
Axelrod vK,
2014-06-03, 14:00