Space

Key tests set to validate engine technology for single stage to orbit space plane

By 2012-01-03T15:00:00

Reaction Engines Skylon

Tests set to begin this month are hoped to validate an ambitious air cooling technology that Oxfordshire-based Reaction Engines believes will make possible single stage to orbit space planes and in-atmosphere hypersonic transport aircraft.

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