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Reaction Engines plan Mach 5 Airliner

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-very-likely dept.

What is? writes "A British company has designed an eco-friendly airliner that could make a trip from London to Sydney in under five hours. Reaction Engines has received funding from the European Space Agency to design the plane as part of the Long-Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologies project. The A2 airliner would be capable of carrying 300 passengers at speeds of up to Mach 5."

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  1. Its a bad day for the word ECO by killmofasta · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You just cannot call it ECO friendly, if it deposits water vapor in the stratosphere. That is what is creating an ozone hole in the south pole larger than north america.