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6 years is not a meaningful amount of time for a "pipe dream".
by outworlder 9y ago
6 years is not a meaningful amount of time for a "pipe dream".
- kitd 9y agoI think OP is thinking of HOTOL, which could justifiably be described as a pipe dream. RE is the result of taking the most practically implementable parts of HOTOL, ie the engines, and develop them properly. It's still ground-breaking stuff and I'm sure it will take a while yet, but the potential is definite, unlike HOTOL.