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Reaction Engines is at the Farnborough Airshow to talk about the air-breathing Sabre engine that will have the capability to go from a standing start to suborbit. Guy Norris is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, based in Los Angeles. Before joining Aviation Week in 2007, Guy was with Flight International, first as technical editor based in the U.K. and most recently as U.S. West Coast editor. Before joining Flight, he was London correspondent for Interavia, part of Jane's Information Group. Mark Thomas has been Chief Executive Officer of Reaction Engines Limited since May 2015. In this role he is leading development of the SABRE engine concept, a new class of aerospace propulsion system for hypersonic and space access applications, and building a successful technology business. During his first two and a half years Mark has grown the company from 65 to over 150 employees, secured investments from BAE Systems, the UK Government and DARPA, and expanded operations in the UK and US. Before joining Reaction Engines, Mark graduated from Cambridge University with an Engineering degree and spent over 25 years working in the Defence and Civil Aerospace businesses of Rolls-Royce plc. During this time he led a number of key programmes for Rolls-Royce, working closely with customers and partners worldwide. Notable roles included Chief Development Engineer for the EJ200 (Typhoon) engine, Chief Engineer of multiple military and civil engine programmes Technical Director of the Eurojet Turbo GmbH consortium based in Munich, and Chief Engineer, Civil Aerospace Technology and Future Programmes. He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

[Space Tourism] Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity (VSS Unity) has successfully conducted her second powered test flight on 29 May 2018. On this flight VSS Unity's motor burned for 31 seconds propelling the spacecraft to a speed of Mach 1.9 and an altitude of 114,500 ft. Video edited by: Go To Space Footage Courtesy: Virgin Galactic Video Song: Easier to Fade (feat. Madi Larson) - A Himitsu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d432TRZEeYw https://soundcloud.com/a-himitsu Outro Music : HeroicMonk - Can't Kill Me https://soundcloud.com/heroicmonk - YouTube channel : https://www.youtube.com/GotospaceOrg - Twitter : https://twitter.com/GoToSpace_GTS - Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/GoToSpace/ - Google+ : https://plus.google.com/+GotospaceOrg

Calypso - A Tribute To The Space Shuttle And The People Who Designed, Built And Flew NASA's Shuttle Music - "Calypso" by John Denver, copyrighted All Rights Reserved.

China sets its sights on a reusable space plane in 2020. Not a lot is known about their program yet, but the details are enticing. Tim Dodd the Everyday Astronaut brings us more! === CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION === Twitter.com/TMRO Facebook.com/TMROTV YouTube.com/TMRO Reddit.com/r/tmro Twitch.tv/TMRO TMRO.tv === OUR REAL-TIME DISCORD CHANNEL === All of the TMRO Shows are created and maintained in our Discord channel. Escape Velocity Patrons have access to a special room, but we also have free #general rooms that anyone can participate in. Join in for free at https://discord.gg/9NkkFWD === TMRO IS CROWD FUNDED === TMRO:Space is a crowd funded show. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmro for information plus our all new goals and reward levels

Footage of the SNC's Dream Chaser spacecraft at Dawn. The Dream Chaser is a cargo craft capable of transporting pressurized and unpressurized cargo to and from low-Earth orbit destinations such as the International Space Station. Further advantageous capabilities include cargo module disposal, low-g, gentle runway landing return of cargo and sensitive science payloads with immediate access. Video edited by : Go To Space Footage Courtesy: SNC Music: Oxygen Garden by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/divider/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ Intro Music: THBD - Ocean https://soundcloud.com/thbdsultan Outro Music: HeroicMonk - Can't Kill Me https://soundcloud.com/heroicmonk - If you like this video please subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/GotospaceOrg - Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GoToSpace_GTS - Check out my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GoToSpace/ - Add me on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+GotospaceOrg

China plans to launch its reusable spacecraft in 2020, according to an announcement by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation on Oct. 31.

Watch as our Dream Chaser® spacecraft was carried beneath a Columbia Helicopter over Edwards Air Force Base in California on August 30, 2017. This test, also known as the Captive Carry, is one of many milestones happening at NASA’s Armstrong flight Research Center leading up to a free flight later this year. Timestamps: 0:00 - 47:00: Analysis with Sierra Nevada Corporation's Kimberly Schwandt and Steve Lindsey/Facebook LIVE Q&A 47:00 - 58:50: Captive Carry lift-off

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched on Thursday, carrying the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B into orbit. Although few details of the mission were revealed, we know it's the fifth flight for the Boeing-built spaceplane, and the first time it’s been launched by SpaceX. The Air Force said the plane is carrying “experimental payloads," including satellites and new electronics. The X-37B returned to Earth in May after a two-year space mission. And you guessed it: the Air Force was vague about that mission, too. Subscribe to Vocativ: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=vocativvideo Find us everywhere else: Subscribe to the newsletter: http://www.vocativ.com/pages/newsletter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Vocativ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vocativ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vocativ/ Snapchat: http://www.snapchat.com/add/vocativ Website: http://www.vocativ.com

Video Credit: SpaceX Mission Updates: http://spaceflight101.com/x-37b-otv-5/ A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A at 14:00 UTC on September 7, 2017 - carrying into orbit the fifth mission of the U.S. Air Force X-37B space plane. Departing Florida prior to Hurricane Irma's looming arrival, Falcon 9 fired its first stage for two and a half minutes before handing over to the second stage to boost the 5,000-Kilogram winged spacecraft into a classified orbit for a mostly secret mission dedicated to in-space experiments and technology demonstrations. The rocket's first stage mastered SpaceX's seventh land-based recovery, touching down at the Cape's Landing Zone 1 eight minutes and 13 seconds after liftoff.

Watch the video to learn more about the Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV).

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) on its fifth mission. SpaceX is targeting launch of OTV-5 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The primary launch window opens on Thursday, September 7 at 9:50 a.m. EDT or 13:50 UTC, and closes at 2:55 p.m. EDT or 18:55 UTC. A backup launch window is available on Friday, September 8.

X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle • Movement To Prep For Launch - Military News The U.S. Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-5) is being staged in preparation for its upcoming launch on September 7, 2017. Filmed on September 5, 2017. Film Credits: Video courtesy of Boeing, SrA Timothy Kirchner Subscribe & More Videos: https://goo.gl/HdVuXo Thank for watching, Please Like Share And SUBSCRIBE!!! #military, #armedforces

The Air Force announced that its X-37B space plane will launch on Sept. 7 from Kennedy Space Center, hitching a ride on a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster.

Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser® spacecraft completes a 60mph tow test at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center.

A short 3D animation showing the SABRE engine components.

Also: Pelton v Privatization, Pilatus Update, Army v DJI, Master Instructors, Cessna, Williams FJ44-4A-QPM, Airliner Threat The sixth glide test of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity was conducted in Mojave, CA Friday, and for the first time, the propulsion system for the suborbital spacecraft was installed and "live" ... but not engaged. According to Virgin Galactic, "with the exception of the rocket motor fuel grain, called the CTN (Case-Throat-Nozzle), Unity flew with all the spaceship’s principle propulsion components on-board and live. This meant that Unity took off with her forward pressurant tank loaded with helium and for the first time, her centrally positioned Main Oxidizer Tank fully charged with nitrous oxide. A VH-92A configured test aircraft in support of the U.S. Marine Corps’ VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program completed its first flight on July 28, signaling the start of the 250 hour flight test program, taking place at Lockheed Martin facilities in Owego, New York. The aircraft achieved its first flight, and later that same day completed a second flight at Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, Connecticut. Total flight time for the two sorties was one hour and included hover control checks, low speed flight, and a pass of the airfield. Airbus Perlan Mission II, an initiative to fly a glider without an engine to the edge of space to collect ground-breaking insights on climate change, weather and high-altitude flight, recently reached a new high altitude in its second season of flight testing in El Calafate, Argentina. Pilots Jim Payne, Morgan Sandercock, Tim Gardner and Miguel Iturmendi have soared the pressurized Perlan 2 glider in a series of flights reaching a maximum altitude to date of 32,500 feet. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!! Airborne 08.09.17 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Wednesday, August 9th, 2017... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalist Tom Patton, this episode covers: VSS Unity Flies With Propulsion Systems Installed And Live First Flight: VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Airbus Perlan Mission II Reaches New High Altitude EAA's Jack Pelton Makes A Case Against ATC Privatization Classic Aero-TV: A Pilatus Aircraft Update - A Unique Kind of Aircraft Company U.S. Military Bans Use Of Chinese-Made Drones Three Receive Master Instructor Designation In July Cessna Pilot Centers Move To Paperless Training System FAA, EASA Certify Williams FJ44-4A-QPM Engine Two Charged In Australia With Terrorism In Thwarted Plot Against Airliner Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again tomorrow, LIVE from Oshkosh 2017, for the next edition of "Airborne Unlimited" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, tomorrow! © 2017, Aero-News Network, Inc., ALL Rights Reserved. FMI: www.airbornetv.net, www.aero-news.net, www.aero-tv.net, www.youtube.com/aerotvnetwork, https://vimeo.com/aerotvnetwork, http://twitter.com/AeroNews

On this look around the Air Force, the X-37B returns from its 718 day mission and the USAFA Superintendent testifies before Congress on SAPR. Hosted by SSgt Traci Keller.

Bristol University of West England Lecture By Mark Thomas Reaction Engines 13th June 2017...(You need to skip the first 15 minutes to the Lecture) Mark Thomas has been Chief Executive Officer of Reaction Engines Limited since May 2015. In this role he is leading development of the SABRE engine concept, a new class of aerospace propulsion system for hypersonic and space access applications. During his first 18 months Mark has grown the Company from around 65 to 110 employees, successfully led the team that achieved a strategic investment from BAE Systems and also secured the UK Government’s £60m grant. Before joining us, Mark graduated from Cambridge University with an Engineering degree and spent 25 years working in the Defence and Civil Aerospace businesses of Rolls-Royce plc. During this time he led a number of key programmes for Rolls-Royce, working closely with Customers and Partners worldwide. Notable roles included Chief Development Engineer for the EJ200 (Typhoon) engine, Chief Engineer of the EJ200, RB199 (Tornado), Adour (Hawk/Jaguar) & Trent 900 (Airbus A380) programmes, Technical Director of the Eurojet Turbo GmbH consortium based in Munich, and Chief Engineer, Civil Aerospace Technology and Future Programmes. MA (Cantab), CEng, FRAeS.

DARPA and Boeing have teamed up to develop a new aircraft as part of the agency’s Experimental Spaceplane XS-1 program

Animation of Reaction Engines SABRE TF1 test facility at Westcott Venture Park UK. The test facility at Westcott, Buckinghamshire, will enable Reaction Engines to test critical subsystems along with the testing of a SABRE engine core, which will commence in 2020. The company has already successfully undertaken testing of the engine’s pre-cooler and thrust chamber technologies, and will undertake further ground-based high-temperature testing of the pre-cooler early in 2018. Commenting on the construction of the new facility Reaction Engines’ CEO Mark Thomas said: “This is another exciting step forward in development of Reaction Engines’ SABRE engine and a visible demonstration of the UK’s commitment to the programme. I look forward to seeing this unique facility take shape and commencing our core engine testing, which will be a defining moment for aerospace.”

Peggy hollinger is the Industry Editor at the Financial Times. Peggy Hollinger was appointed the FT’s industry editor in September 2014. Prior to this, she had been a leader writer since September 2011. Ms Hollinger has also held the positions of the Paris bureau chief and Paris correspondent. Before that she was a UK company news editor and the retail correspondent. Joining the FT in 1987, she has also covered UK utilities and oil and gas and written for Lex. She graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, with an honours degree in history.

Science fiction has promised us a rocket that blasts off into space without stages. How close is reality to the science fiction dream of a single stage to orbit? Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+universetoday/ Instagram - http://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / [email protected] Karla Thompson - @karlaii Chad Weber - [email protected] Now, don’t get me wrong, Science Fiction is awesome. Like almost everyone working in the field of space and astronomy, I was deeply influenced by science fiction. For me, it was Star Trek and Star Wars. I had a toy phaser that made this awesome really loud phaser sound, and I played with it non-stop until it disappeared one day. And I was sure I’d left it in the middle of my floor, like I did with all my toys, but I found it a few years later, hidden up in a closet that I couldn’t reach. And I always wondered how it got there. Anyway, back to science fiction. For all of its inspiration, science fiction has put a few ideas into our brains which aren’t entirely helpful. You know, warp drives, artificial gravity, teleportation, and rockets that take off, fly to space, visit other planets orbiting stars, land again. The Millennium Falcon, Firefly, and Enterprise Shuttles are all examples of single stage to orbit to orbit spacecraft, or SSTOs. Consider the rockets that exist in reality, you know, the Atlases, Falcons and Deltas. They take off from a launch pad, fly for a bit until the fuel is used up in a stage of the rocket, then they jettison that stage and thrust with the next stage. The mighty Saturn V was so powerful that it had three stages, as it made it’s way to orbit. As we discussed in a previous video, SpaceX is working to make the first stage, and maybe even the second stage reusable, which is a vast improvement over just letting everything burn up, but there are no rockets that actually fly to orbit and back in a single stage. In fact, using the technology we have today, it’s probably not a good idea. Has anyone ever worked on a single stage to orbit? What technological advances will need to happen to make this work? As I said earlier, a single stage to orbit rocket would be something like the Millennium Falcon. It carries fuel, and then uses that fuel to fly into orbit, and from world to world. Once it runs out of fuel, it gets filled up again, and then it’s off again, making the Kessel Run and avoiding Imperial Blockades. This concept of a rocket matches our personal experience with every other vehicle we’ve ever been in. You drive your car around and refuel it, same with boats, airplanes and every other form of Earth-based transportation. But flying into space requires the expenditure of energy that defies comprehension. Let me give you an example. A Falcon 9 rocket can lift about 22,800 kilograms into low-Earth orbit. That’s about the same as a fully loaded cement truck - which is a lot. The entire fueled Falcon 9 weighs just over 540,000 kg, of which more than 510,000 kgs of it are fuel, with a little extra mass for the engines, fuel tanks, etc. Imagine if you drove a car that was essentially 95% fuel. The problem is specific impulse; the maximum amount of thrust that a specific kind of engine and fuel type can achieve. I’m not going to go into all the details, but the most efficient chemical rockets we have, fueled by liquid hydrogen and oxygen, can just barely deliver enough thrust to get you to orbit. They have a maximum specific impulse of about 450 seconds. Because the amount of fuel it takes to launch a rocket is so high, modern rockets use a staging system. Once a stage has emptied out all its fuel, it detaches and returns to Earth so that the second stage can keep going without having to drag along the extra weight of the empty fuel tanks. You might be surprised to know that many modern rockets are actually capable of reaching orbit with a single stage. The problem is that they wouldn’t be able to carry any significant payload. At the end of the day, considering the chemical rockets we have today, the multi-staged profile is the most efficient and cost-effective strategy for carrying the most payload to space for the lowest cost possible. Has anyone tried developing SSTOs in the past? Definitely. Probably the most widely publicized was NASA’s X-33/VentureStar program, developed by Lockheed Martin in the 1990s. The purpose of the X-33 was to test out a range of new technologies for NASA, including composite fuel tanks, autonomous flight, and a new lifting body design.

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The new “feather” re-entry system for space travel brings Virgin Galactic one step closer to the world’s first commercial passenger space flight. Subscribe to Vocativ: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=vocativvideo Find us everywhere else: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Vocativ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vocativ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vocativ/ Snapchat: http://www.snapchat.com/add/vocativ Website: http://www.vocativ.com Vocativ explores the nexus of media and technology, where science meets storytelling. We use proprietary technology to examine the uncharted space of the Deep Web, covering topics that are vital to our changing world. Follow us for more!

The partially reusable Falcon 9 and fully reusable Skylon are explored in this episode of Stan Draws Spaceships! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/standrawsspaceships More information about ballistic coefficients: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_coefficient Spacecraft shown as scale models at the end of the video: Skylon: https://goo.gl/l0ea6y Falcon 9: https://goo.gl/UcoZxJ Rotary Rocket: https://goo.gl/5JI6C8 Kistler K1: https://goo.gl/DvrJwg Venture Star: https://goo.gl/Y0eSnk MAKS: https://goo.gl/Zv4S4a Triamese Shuttle: http://www.astronautix.com/t/triamese.html DynaSoar: https://goo.gl/TYeirp Additional Note: I am aware that the fluid in the main Skylon heat exchanger micropipes is actually Helium that has been cooled in another heat exchanger with cryogenic hydrogen. Couldn't find an elegant way to word it that flowed, so that's why I said it's hydrogen in the pipes. Call me out on anything else you find! Music: Little Dipper by Poddington Bear

In this video, I discuss a very interesting proposal to send Sierra Nevada's Dreamchaser Spaceplace to the Hubble Space Telescope for one more servicing mission, just in case anything goes wrong with JWST. EpicFutureSpace is producing short space themed news videos focused on human transportation. To support the show please visit https://www.patreon.com/epicfuturespace All music written, recorded, and produced by Orbital Transit Songs used in this video were "Prometheus" and "Luna Vision" and can be downloaded for free at: https://soundcloud.com/orbitaltransit

Atmospheric Lens....HOW DOES IT WORK? The concept mirrors two existing effects in nature – the reflective properties of the ionosphere, and desert mirages. The ionosphere is a naturally occurring layer in the Earth's atmosphere that appears at about 40 miles in altitude. It can be reflective to radio waves, often allowing people to tune in to radio stations that are thousands of miles away. Radio signals bounce off the ionosphere, and travel very long distances through the air and over the Earth's surface. Desert mirages provide the illusion of water in the desert, by using hot air near the surface to bend light into the vision of the person looking into the distance. LDAL simulates both of these effects by using a high pulsed power laser, and exploiting a phenomena called the 'Kerr Effect' to temporarily ionise a small region of the atmosphere. Using the ionised atmosphere to reflect the laser, structures including mirrors and glass lenses could all be replicated. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4124594/Military-laser-transform-Earth-s-atmosphere-giant-magnifying-glass-glass-spy-enemies.html

Virgin Galactic's new SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, successfully glided freely for the first time over the Mojave Desert on Dec. 3

On December 3, 2016, our new SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, flew freely for the first time. This important test marks the first time that a vehicle built by our manufacturing organization, The Spaceship Company, has flown fully under its own control. In this video, Lead Test Pilot, Mark "Forger" Stucky, explains what it's like flying VSS Unity for the first time. You can read more about this flight test and about what’s coming next here: virg.in/HF6Yp

A while ago I switched over to Realism Overaul for KSP, a mod package providing a more realistic, and thus more challenging experience. I then proceeded to replicate the Skylon spaceplane as best I could. This design isn't complete, and the video only shows the first hour and a half of my building and testing process. My current version of this design has successfully made orbit, but I have some issues with bringing it down again. Note: If there's any advertising, it's not mine, it's because I use some music. Didn't really have time to find legally free music so I just pulled some stuff.

The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology has recently revealed that it is in the process of developing a large space plane that can hold as many as 20 passengers or more at a time. The pursuit of private space flight has accelerated in recent years with Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin attempting to develop viable travel methods for passengers.  China has joined in on the race, with the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology recently revealing details about its own spaceplane project to the International Astronautical Congress.  New Scientist reports that the group’s general concept involves a one-piece craft designed to carry as many as 20 passengers at a time with the potential for scaling up the capacity.  Han Pengxin, one of the researchers, is quoted as saying during the presentation, “The test flights will be finished in the next two years, because almost all of the ground tests have been finished and all the subsystems of the test vehicle worked very well.”  The team estimates that payload launches could happen as early as the year 2020, and, once the craft is determined safe, passenger flights could be available for $200,000 to $250,000 per seat.

This week we examine the different Space Planes coming on the scene. Orbital planes such as Skylon and sub-orbital planes such as SpaceShipTwo. We ask you, would you want to go in to space in a Capsule or a Space Plane? In Space News we have: * SpaceX Pad Anomaly * Asteroid probe apparently unharmed in nearby SpaceX anomaly, passes Flight Readiness Review * China may have had a rocket anomaly on Wednesday * Juno beams back dramatic new pictures of Jupiter * New Zealand Launch Site Survives 7.1 Earthquake * Hunt for Planet 9 reveals extremely distant objects TMRO:Space is a crowd funded show. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmro for information, goals and reward levels. Don't forget to check out our SpacePod campaign as well over at http://www.patreon.com/spacepod

This week we examine the different Space Planes coming on the scene. Orbital planes such as Skylon and sub-orbital planes such as SpaceShipTwo. We ask you, would you want to go in to space in a Capsule or a Space Plane? TMRO:Space is a crowd funded show. If you like this episode consider contributing to help us to continue to improve. Head over to http://www.patreon.com/tmro for information, goals and reward levels. Don't forget to check out our SpacePod campaign as well over at http://www.patreon.com/spacepod

Goodbye rockets, hello... spaceplane? Here's how scientists are creating a reusable technology that can go five times the speed of sound! What The Future Of Transportation Looks Like - http://bit.ly/29dUJS5 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: SABRE: How It Works http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/sabre_howworks.html "SABRE is at heart a rocket engine designed to power aircraft directly into space (single-stage to orbit) to allow reliable, responsive and cost effective space access, and in a different configuration to allow aircraft to cruise at high speeds (five times the speed of sound) within the atmosphere." Futuristic Space Plane Concept Moves Closer To Reality http://www.space.com/16780-skylon-space-plane-progress.html "A giant space plane that doubles as a supersonic jet is closer than ever to becoming a reality. Skylon is a privately funded, single-stage-to-orbit vehicle designed to take off and land from a runway, delivering up to 33,000-pounds (15,000 kilograms) into orbit." Meet Adeline, Airbus' Answer To SpaceX Reusability http://spacenews.com/meet-adeline-airbus-response-to-reusable-spacex-rocket/ "Airbus Defence and Space on June 5 unveiled the product of what it said was a five-year effort to design a reusable Ariane rocket first-stage engine and avionics package, a project company official said was stimulated by SpaceX's work on reusable rockets." ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on Seeker http://www.seeker.com/show/dnews/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews Discovery News http://discoverynews.com Download the Seeker Daily App: http://testu.be/1ndmmMq Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI

BAE Systems is also developing future hypersonic technologies, along the lines of the Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE) being built by Reaction Engines Limited; a small UK company in which BAE Systems has invested. (BAE Systems) In addition to the 'growing' of UAVs, BAE Systems also revealed that it is developing future hypersonic technologies, along the lines of the Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE) being built by Reaction Engines Limited; a small UK company in which BAE Systems has invested GBP20.6 million (USD27.35 million). Defined as in excess of Mach 5, hypersonics would enable military aircraft to reach spots around the globe in a fraction of the time it currently takes.

Sources & Credits: 10. Lynx Mark 3 http://aerospace.xcor.com/reusable-launch-vehicles/lynx-spacecraft/ 9. Darpa XS-1 http://media.globenewswire.com/cache/189/hires/28304.jpg (Northrop Grumman) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnL_FHYXk-k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh29Pm1Rrc0 (Stratolaunch Aircraft) 8. Dreamchaser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Chaser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHvBUqfWDRs 7. PLD Space Arion 1/2 www.pldspace.com www.nasa.gov (moon picture) http://www.fireflyspace.com/vehicles/firefly-a (alpha) 6. SLS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOZ00J-0jhY 5. Bloostar http://bloostar.com/ 4. Electron https://www.rocketlabusa.com/ https://vimeo.com/124891416 3. Skylon http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/image_library.html 2. New Sheppard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pillaOxGCo 1. Falcon Heavy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ca6x4QbpoM http://www.spacex Music: "Synergy in Matrix" By Musicalman "Euphoria Volume 3" By DEYCH

Partially reusable spacecraft... starting with the Space Shuttle! Like, subscribe, and if you can, pledge support on Patreon: http://patreon.com/standrawsspaceships Song credit: "Little Dipper" - Podington Bear

Technical Director and Chief Designer Richard is a founding Director of Reaction Engines Ltd. Richard began his career with Rolls Royce Military Engine Division working on advanced gas turbine concepts (EJ200, Hybrid Fan Vectored Thrust Engine and ACME) and prior to founding Reaction Engines. was responsible for engine design work on the RB545 air-breathing rocket engines and winged launcher studies for the European Space Agency.

Mark Thomas & Simon Hanks discuss reaction engines future with Reuters. The company recently announced a strategic investment from BAE Systems of 20.6 million pounds ($31.4 million USD), in addition to a grant funding of 60 million pounds from the British government, to accelerate the development of their unique SABRE engine. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/30/us-rocket-engine-space-plane-idUSKBN0TJ19U20151130

CNN's Richard Quest speaks to Reaction Engines' Mark Thomas about BAE System's recent investment and what the future holds for Reaction Engines. Mark Thomas has been Chief Executive Officer of Reaction Engines Limited since May 2015. In this role he is leading development of the SABRE engine concept, a new class of aerospace propulsion system for hypersonic and space access applications. During his first 18 months Mark has grown the Company from around 65 to 110 employees, successfully led the team that achieved a strategic investment from BAE Systems and also secured the UK Government’s £60m grant. Before joining us, Mark graduated from Cambridge University with an Engineering degree and spent 25 years working in the Defence and Civil Aerospace businesses of Rolls-Royce plc. During this time he led a number of key programmes for Rolls-Royce, working closely with Customers and Partners worldwide. Notable roles included Chief Development Engineer for the EJ200 (Typhoon) engine, Chief Engineer of the EJ200, RB199 (Tornado), Adour (Hawk/Jaguar) & Trent 900 (Airbus A380) programmes, Technical Director of the Eurojet Turbo GmbH consortium based in Munich, and Chief Engineer, Civil Aerospace Technology and Future Programmes. MA (Cantab), CEng, FRAeS.

Alan is a founding Director of Reaction Engines Ltd. and inventor of the SABRE engine. Alan began his career at Rolls-Royce and British Aircraft Corporation where he gained wide experience in gas turbines and rockets. Subsequently Alan worked at the Atomic Energy Authority on the JET and RFX nuclear research projects, and as a consultant engineer to BAe Systems during the HOTOL space launcher project having invented its RB545 air-breathing rocket engines. IET https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8dC4EdRfJo5sH9A7zu2yw

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Reaction Engines Ltd. have begun their latest round of rocket engine testing in Westcott, UK on Monday 15 June 2015 The SABRE engine requires a novel design of the rocket engine’s thrust chamber and nozzle to allow operation in both air-breathing and rocket modes, as well as a smooth transition between the two. The Advanced Nozzle project is demonstrating the feasibility of this concept and represents a significant technology development effort towards the SABRE demonstrator engine. http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/press_release/2015-06-11_STOIC_Firing_Release_PUBLIC.pdf

The talk describes the limitations of current access to space and the work at Reaction Engines to develop a better alternative. The design of the proposed vehicle (SKYLON) and its unique propulsion system (SABRE) are explained in conjunction with the breakthrough pre-cooler technology. The talk concludes with a description of the aims and objectives of the current Phase 3 programme.

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Subscribe to Naked Science - http://goo.gl/wpc2Q1 Every other Wednesday we present a new video, so join us to see the truth laid bare... This is a vision of the future, a Maglev launch system that will transport ordinary people to the edge of space, and back again. This spacecraft will open the universe to all, it’s a dream of those who will design and build the next generation of space planes. In the very near future space tourism will become an everyday activity, the corridors of space will become as busy as the airways of today. The environment surrounding our Earth will become the largest construction site ever. Dozens of space stations will orbit our planet, these weightless cities will launch and maintain thousands of communications satellites and provide a stepping stone for deep space exploration. A fleet of commercial spaceplanes will transport passengers and cargo quickly and cheaply. As more and more spaceplanes ferry components up from Earth for use in space we will build larger and more complex space stations, floating gateways to the universe. But is the future already here? A spaceplane is a vehicle that operates as an aircraft in Earth's atmosphere, as well as a spacecraft when it is in space. It combines features of an aircraft and a spacecraft, which can be thought of as an aircraft that can endure and manoeuvre in the vacuum of space or likewise a spacecraft that can fly like an airplane. The spaceflight is then followed by an unpowered glide return to landing. Only five spaceplanes have successfully flown to date, having reentered Earth's atmosphere, returned to Earth, and safely landed, the X-15, Space Shuttle, Buran, SpaceShipOne, and X-37. All five are rocket gliders, only rockets and rocket-powered aircraft have thus far succeeded in reaching space.

The military's shuttle X-37-B Orbital Test Vehicle landed back on Earth this week. What has it been doing in space all this time? Trace investigates. Read More: Military Mini-Shuttle Completes Secret Mission: Slide Show http://news.discovery.com/space/history-of-space/slide-show-military-mini-shuttle-landing-california.htm "On April 22, the U.S. Air Force launched a mini unmanned shuttle called the Orbital Test Vehicle, also known as the X-37B." Secret Military Mini-Shuttle Marks 500 Days in Orbit http://news.discovery.com/space/private-spaceflight/top-secret-military-mini-shuttle-marks-500-days-in-orbit-140424.htm "A robotic miniature space shuttle on a classified mission for the U.S. Air Force marked its 500th day in orbit on Friday, with no word about when and where the space plane will land." X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/224/Article/104539/x-37b-orbital-test-vehicle.aspx "The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, or OTV, is an experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the U.S. Air Force." Preparations Underway For X-37B Landing http://www.vandenberg.af.mil/mediacenter/pressreleasearchive/story.asp?id=123428053 "Preparations for the third landing of the X-37B, the Air Force's unmanned, reusable space plane, are underway at Vandenberg Air Force Base." X-37B: The Air Force's Mysterious Space Plane http://www.space.com/25275-x37b-space-plane.html "The U.S. Air Force's unmanned X-37B space plane has flown three clandestine missions to date, carrying secret payloads on long-duration flights in Earth orbit." Air Force's Secret X-37B Space Plane Launches on Third Mission http://www.universetoday.com/98937/air-forces-secret-x-37b-space-plane-launches-on-third-mission/ "An Atlas V rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station today, carrying the Air Force's X-37B space plane into orbit on its third classified mission." Secretive X-37B Military Space Plane Could Land in California Tuesday http://www.space.com/27411-x37b-military-space-plane-landing.html "The U.S. Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane will return to Earth this week -possibly as early as Tuesday - after 22 months in orbit on a secret mission." US military's mysterious X-37B space plane passes 500 days in orbit, but we still have no clue what it's actually doing up there http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/181426-us-militarys-mysterious-x-37b-space-plane-passes-500-days-in-orbit-but-we-still-have-no-clue-what-its-actually-doing-up-there "For just over 500 days, the US Air Force's mysterious X-37B OTV-3 robotic space plane has been casually orbiting the Earth." 3 Theories About the Air Force's Mystery Space Plane, X-37B http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/military/3-theories-about-the-air-forces-mystery-space-plane-x-37b-8521517 "The U.S. Air Force is planning another flight of its mysterious X-37B spaceplane, but still won't say what it's doing up there. Here, we examine three theories about the X-37B's purpose." Declassified footage shows 1st ever nuclear explosion... in space! http://www.blastr.com/2012/09/declassified_footage_show.php "We know what kind of damage a nuclear bomb can do on Earth-but what about space?" Nuclear Weapon Effects In Space http://history.nasa.gov/conghand/nuclear.htm "In addition to the natural radiation dangers which will confront the space traveler, we must also consider manmade perils which may exist during time of war." ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Tara Long on Twitter https://twitter.com/TaraLongest DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews Discovery News http://discoverynews.com Download the TestTube App: http://testu.be/1ndmmMq

Mach 5 aircraft technology would enable flight times of 4.5 hours from Europe to Australia. CNBC goes behind the scenes with the latest innovators to find out more Subscribe to CNBC International: http://bit.ly/1eiWsDq Teams in Oxford, U.K., and Boston, U.S., are working on new designs for plane engines, with the potential to create a "very high-speed aircraft" and take fuel out of the equation altogether. CNBC takes a look at both options. Scimitar is a prototype jet engine from UK-based Reaction Engines. Developers tell CNBC that the experimental apparatus can extend the speed, the power, and the range of existing systems by up to 5 times the speed of sound. Researchers from MIT are working on developing technology they hope will completely rethink aviation propulsion altogether, using an ion thruster. CNBC takes a closer look. CNBC.com for more great clips: http://cnb.cx/1o2BRDO CNBC International playlist: http://bit.ly/1u34e9a Like us on CNBC's Facebook page www.facebook.com/cnbc Follow us on CNBC's Twitter accounts https://twitter.com/CNBCWorld https://twitter.com/CNBC