Skylon (spacecraft)
<p>Mar 11, 2015 10:37 PM also see SABRE (rocket engine in wiki)
wow! SSTO = single stage to orbit.</p>
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summer 2013 to 60M pounds from Brits to continue development...
passing milestones. poss first flight in 2019.
reuse 200 X.</p>
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Jul 20, 2013 12:44 PM</p>
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spaceplane;</p>
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combo air-breathing rocket engine reaches orbit in a single stage.</p>
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prototype to fly in 2020. REL = Reaction Engines Lim. Brit.</p>
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horizon take-off and landing.</p>
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Nov 2012 successful test of key techs.</p>
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Jly 16 2013 UK another 60M pounds to allow full prototype of engine.</p>
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compare to ESA ATV vehicle.</p>
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Sep 04, 2015 07:55 PM see last sentence of wiki article from George Osborne
In June 2013, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Osborne" title="George Osborne" >George Osborne</a>, The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated on his Twitter account that the British government would be giving £60 million towards the further development of the SABRE engine. Osborne's tweet stated: "Just seen SABRE -a rocket engine that cools air from 1000 degrees to -150 in fraction of a second. We're backing the future with £60m funding".<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon(spacecraft)#cite_note-34" >[34]</a></sup> This grant was later reduced to £50 million and was approved by the European Commission in August 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon(spacecraft)#cite_note-35" >[35]</a></sup>
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