Flight times from London to Sydney could be 80% shorter by the 2030s, should a hypersonic rocket engine being developed in the UK get off the ground.
The UK Space Agency announced Tuesday at the UK Space Conference 2019 that it would be working more closely with the Australian Space Agency in an agreement dubbed a"world-first Space Bridge."
"This is technology that could definitely deliver that. We're talking the 2030s for operational service, and the work is already very advanced."Fans of supersonic flight have been yearning for a new way to break the sound barrier ever since Concorde stopped flying in 2003. The precooler tests took place at a testing facility at the Colorado Air and Space Port in the United States.
Recent tests prove that the component can cool gases from over 1,000 C to ambient temperature in less than 1/20th of a second, according to a statement from Reaction Engines. Thomas emphasized that the technology could also be used in hybrid electric aviation as well as very high-speed flight.What it was really like to fly on Concorde
"The main thing with Sabre is it's like a hybrid of a rocket engine and an aero engine, so it allows a rocket to breathe air," Shaun Driscoll, programmes director at Reaction Engines, told the UK Space Conference.
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