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Reaction Engines Passed a Major Milestone, but How Does It Compare to SpaceX?

U.K.-based aerospace manufacturer Reaction Engines has announced the successful test of its precooler at airflow temperature conditions and confirmed that it can withstand speeds of Mach 5, which is five times the speed of sound. This is a huge milestone toward the development of the SABRE engine, which will revolutionize how we access space, as ...

Armin Auctor

Reaction Engines' SABRE engine.

SpaceX, Elon Musk, and When We Finally Land on Mars

To the Moon? History says we’ve been there. Mars? Only with probes and the like. Never has any human set foot on Mars soil during the past recorded 5,000 years and this will soon change, according to SpaceX’s Elon Musk. The SpaceX travel research and development company, spearheaded by Elon Musk, claimed flights to Mars ...

Hermann Rohr