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Old 15th Jul 2008, 09:06
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Well, the Soviets flew several designs, and I'm convinced that with modern lightweight materials, flight control augmentation, and the like, there is no fundamental problem. The Chinese are, it seems, building a new 20 metre vehicle, and elsewhere round the world smaller designs are seeing some development. The crucial thing seems to me that once in flight, the specific fuel consumption must be very favourable, must it not?
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