Tuesday, September 21, 2010

UK Will Have Space Commercial Aircraft

Extraordinary adventure into space can be done through the airport, using commercial aircraft called Skylon, designed specifically to carry tourists into outer space in the next ten years.

According Teleghraph and Daily Mail, Skylon can take off through the usual airport travel at speeds reaching five times the speed of sound. This revolutionary aircraft developed by Reaction Engines, with support from the UK space agency.

The aircraft did not have the external rocket, but two engines that use hydrogen and oxygen to push the plane out of the earth's atmosphere as far more than 18km.

When in orbit, and the driving controller controls performed by computer systems. Whereas, using the propulsion engine to reach the edge of the earth's atmosphere before the switch to using rocket power.

aircraft can operate in orbit for seven days after takeoff from the airport, then a landing dilandasan. Once en route to outer space, the aircraft could carry as much as 24 passengers with a more affordable cost.

Skylon in the future can be used as a substitute for NASA space shuttles, to send astronauts and cargo to the international space station.
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