I heard about that on the news this morning, Chris, on BBC Radio 4. The report
reminded us that the original project was called HOTOL and that it was called
off because the engines could not be cooled effectively (or something like
that).
Chris
On 28 Nov 2012, at 15:26, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Many years ago there was a programme in Britain to develop an engine that
> would operate as a jet in the atmosphere and convert to a rocket for space
> travel, much like the engine described in Joseph Poyer's novel "North Cape".
> Well, it seem that there is now a working model of a similar effort, again in
> Britain:
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20510112
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