Burt Rutan's spaceship !

[drag]

Greetings !

Get a load of this news :
http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/index.htm

Live long and prosper.

[GENIERE]

Nice, you can't overestimate Rutan.

[LURCH]

And still didn't see anything that addresses the problem of fuel. Since that is the only problem that really needs to be addressed for the X-prize, I remain dubious. But with Burt, one never knows.

I still think the NASP (National Aerospace Plane) is the program most likely to succeed. Especially now that the Australians have shown us that a scramjet can work.

[drag]

Greetings !
Originally posted by LURCH
And still didn't see anything that addresses
the problem of fuel.
What's the problem with fuel ?!
Originally posted by LURCH
Especially now that the Australians have shown
us that a scramjet can work.
All that rocket experiment did is eject hydrogen
as an envelope around the special nose and
demonstrate drag reduction as a result because
the reactions (small explosions/high temp.) helped
in some way (don't remember how exactly).

That is NOT a scramjet ENGINE ! To make a scramjet
engine will be a bit more difficult...[;)] Though
the above drag reducing technology is probably
more important for now for air travel.

Live long and prosper.