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British Rail's Flying Saucer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the to-manchester-and-beyond dept.

Dynamoo writes "The Register is carrying a story about a patent for a fusion powered spacecraft filed by British Rail in the 1970s. While the concept may seem silly for a public railway, it seems that the British Rail Research Division employed a large number of aircraft engineers who presumably had some spare time between projects such as the Advanced Passenger Train."

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  1. Fluxcapacitor by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unfortunately, the Fluxcapacitor has already been patented (Fig. 1 & 2).

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  2. Re:British Rail by 91degrees · · Score: 5, Funny

    The BR time dilation effects may be useful for interstellar travel.