Tue, 21 May 2013 09:56:09 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8955&Focus=261425#Comment_261425 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8955&Focus=261425#Comment_261425 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:01:29 -0700 roadscum
It's called Skylon and basically it's bloody great unmanned ramjet rocket capable of lifting a 12 Tonne (or 15 according to the BBC) payload into geostationary orbit. Reusable, inexpensive, sleek and most importantly, black, i can see this being the ideal vehicle to launch Mr Ellis' orbital deathray, should it ever get off the ground (Skylon, not the deathray, Mr Ellis has that ready on a pallet in his garage, waiting for a lift). Sort of 'son of HOTOL', if anyone here remembers that particular design concept failure.

I'm quietly hoping this one works out despite being British and independent, therefore doomed to failure. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8955&Focus=261513#Comment_261513 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8955&Focus=261513#Comment_261513 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:12:51 -0700 Zeppelin
That said, I want one of those! Not sure what I'd use if for (other than lord it over my neighbors. "So what if you've got a BMW, check out my ride bitch.") but one can always worry about that later. Yet with an estimated R&D budget of 10 billion US$ and only a million pounds in so far, I can't help but see this added to the HOTOL history of failures ride. Call me a pessimist, but with British reaction to space travel being pretty much a shrug and a laugh, I still think we're going to have to rely on the Chinese to eventually bring us something novel and interesting for space travel and cargo. ]]>