Skylon

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Wem das herkoemmliche Fliegen zu fad erscheint, der kann sich schon mal bei Virgin Galactic sozusagen warmfliegen fuer 'Fly me to the moon' - Skylon!

'Skylon is a design for an unpiloted spaceplane by the British company, Reaction Engines Limited (REL). It uses a combined-cycle, air-breathing rocket engine to reach orbit in a single stage. A fleet of vehicles is envisaged; the design is aiming for re-usability up to 200 times. In paper studies, the costs per kilogram of payload are hoped to be lowered from the current £15,000/kg to £650/kg (as of 2011[update]),[3] including the costs of research and development (R&D), with costs expected to fall much more over time after the initial expenditures have amortised.[2] The cost of the programme has been estimated by the developer to be about $12 billion...'

Skylon (spacecraft) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Top speed...Mach 5.5 in atmosphere, Mach 25 in orbit
Load...12t Fracht oder 40 Touris
Kosten per Start $10m, $200K pro Tourist