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Forum: Tech Log

21st Mar 2011, 05:28

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Reaction Engines Sabre/Scimitar

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Posted By MG23

The only known mass market for spaceflight...

The only known mass market for spaceflight requires launch costs below $100 a kilo. At that point tourism starts to become viable enough to sustain a huge increase in payload to orbit, and your...

Forum: Tech Log

8th Mar 2011, 04:32

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Posted By MG23

And SABRE is the Skylon engine.

And SABRE is the Skylon engine.

Forum: Tech Log

8th Mar 2011, 04:30

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Reaction Engines Sabre/Scimitar

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Posted By MG23

You won't get cost to orbit below a hundred...

You won't get cost to orbit below a hundred dollars a kilo by throwing away your spacecraft ever time you launch. Would you seriously suggest that throwing away an airliner every time it flies across...

Forum: Tech Log

8th Mar 2011, 02:18

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Posted By MG23

To maximise payload. SSTO isn't about maximising...

To maximise payload. SSTO isn't about maximising payload it's about minimising cost, and the way to do that is to have a reusable spacecraft with fast turnaround.

And we've already built SSTOs:...

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