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Old 6th Feb 2008, 07:28
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neville_nobody
 
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What technical difficulties have they overcome in the last 10 years? I was of the understanding that RPT hypersonic flight was deemed to risky. The amount of heat generated by the airframe alone was one major hurdle not to mention storing the fuel etc
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