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New Jet Engine Tested

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the engines-that-really-suck dept.

SpaceAdmiral writes "A revolutionary new jet engine has recently been tested in Australia. It is hoped that the engine, designed by UK defense firm QinetiQ and capable of Mach 7.6, will pave the way for ultra fast, intercontinental air travel. Scramjet (supersonic combustion ramjet) engines have no moving parts and take all of the oxygen they need (to burn hydrogen fuel) from the air, allowing for larger loads than rockets which must carry oxygen for fuel."

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  1. Re:Flight Data: San Francisco to London by Plunky · · Score: 3, Insightful
    If I want to visit Australia, and I have two weeks' vacation, I'd like to get there in a reasonably short amount of time. Two weeks on the open ocean doesn't sound like a heck of a lot of fun.

    Well if you were trying to get to Australia then it might be frustrating, but in fact two weeks on the open ocean is mighty fine. I did four weeks once and regard it as one of the best times of my entire life.