Interstellar Aliens will see bad teeth during first contact.

[GONNAFISTYA]

So the brits might have a real shot at pioneering spaceflight for the forseeable future, if this thing gets going...

UK Skylon spaceplane passes key review

The proposed Skylon vehicle would do the job of a big rocket but operate like an airliner, taking off and landing at a conventional runway...

...This power unit is designed to breathe oxygen from the air in the early phases of flight - just like jet engines - before switching to full rocket mode as the Skylon vehicle climbs out of the atmosphere.

It is the spaceplane's "single-stage-to-orbit" operation and its re-usability that makes Skylon such an enticing prospect and one that could substantially reduce the cost of space activity, say its proponents.

Here's a link to the assessment itself. Very nerdy with words n' stuff.

I'm sure engineering geeks such as Nerdshade probably has an opinion on this and whether or not it can work.

Just imagine what would happen if aliens were introduced to sausages? It'd be all out war.

[MKJ]

thats sexy

[obsidian]

Sexy, yet the engines are flaccid:

[Tsakali]

lol what an odd engine design, someone took the up and forward idea a little too literally.
I guess they have to create lift from pure force, since wings might not withstand the re-entry.

[xer0s]

[seremtan]

interstellar aliens won't see shit since this is a low earth orbit craft, similar to the space shuttle, and not the millennium falcon

also, fuck all this rocket shit. space elevators are the future, kids

[xer0s]

Yes, space elevators will get us to Mars...

[Tsakali]

lol a visual of a huge tether whipping wildly through the solar system is somehow hilarious

[seremtan]

Yes, space elevators will get us to Mars...

no dumbass, but they would carry more cargo into space more cheaply than rockets, allowing a spacecraft that *would* get us to Mars (or anywhere else) to be built in orbit

[GONNAFISTYA]

I think they should take those multiple billions in cash they'd spend on this craft and instead send every brit to the dentist...including braces...so that the aliens won't nuke us all.

And for fucks sake don't let them get rot gut from english muffins.

[vesp]

Looks cool, remains to be seen what happens with it.

Is GFY's opinion of the uk completely derived from Austin Powers?

[Tsakali]

in all honesty, aesthetically speaking it looks like a failed german WW2 experiment

[seremtan]

I think they should take those multiple billions in cash they'd spend on this craft and instead send every brit to the dentist...including braces...so that the aliens won't nuke us all.

And for fucks sake don't let them get rot gut from english muffins.

you're trying too hard

[GONNAFISTYA]

lol
Not any harder than when I take the piss out of yanks.