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Who or what would use these "production SABRE engines" without a spaceplane to use it on?
by ris 12y ago
Who or what would use these "production SABRE engines" without a spaceplane to use it on?
- twic 12y agoMaybe someone could have another go at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JATO_Rocket_Car http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JATO_Rocket_Car More seriously, there is a proposal to use a version of SABRE called SCIMITAR to power an airliner, which could be a more accessible testbed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_Engines_A2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_Engines_A2
- ris 12y agoRight, but both of these would mean relying commercially on other experimental-hypothetical projects.