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Old 18th Jul 2013, 13:51
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Audio clip

The audio clip from Alan Bond is the interesting item in this page:

BBC News - UK government excited by 'disruptive' Sabre engine


The bit that was new to me was their intention to bring the manufacturing of their heat exchangers entirely in-house and use that as an opportunity to work out how to reduce the cost by a factor of about 10. It is of interest because it might enable the idea to be applied to all sorts of areas outside space including ordinary jet engines.
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