2014-10-29 20:20 GMT-03:00 andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com>: > Skylon looks like it could be made to work for about 4 billion, and > the only totally new parts (heat exchanger and fuel-intercooler > scheme) have been demonstrated working. > It is mainly a better-designed HOTOL ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOTOL ) which was described by the actual > designer as "turned out to be an expensive way to send a hydraulic > system to low earth orbit" > > I can't see anyone finding the 4 billion in the current climate though. >
I guess that's the main problem with all of these projects. Most of the people are not interested in space travel and what's beyond this planet, hence nobody wants to invest a lot of money on that. The sad thing is, all the great achievements and progress are acomplished in war times. -- *Leonardo Marsaglia*. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
