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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. Re:I still don't get it by heinousjay · · Score: 0, Troll

    There wasn't a single technical reason in that post. There was a lot of speculation about market forces, but considering the economic stupidity I've seen around here, plus the fact that a large contingent of posters are socialist and hence understand the market about as well as I understand the feeling of childbirth, I'm going to have to say it's all pretty easy to dismiss.

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