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Telescopes and space missions

Air-breathing rocket engines: the future of space flight

15 Oct 2020
Taken from the October 2020 issue of Physics World, where it appeared under the headline "Eliminating the boundary between sky and space".

Reusable vehicles are vital to make access to space more affordable, but conventional rocket engines have their limits. Oliver Nailard describes how UK firm Reaction Engines hopes to revolutionize space access with a new class of propulsion system, the Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE)

(Courtesy: Reaction Engines)
The pursuit, exploration and utilization of the space environment can be misinterpreted as a luxury.

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