A revolutionary air-breathing rocket engine capable of hitting more than 2,500 miles per hour just passed a major milestone

• Reactor Engines, a British aerospace company, says it’s successfully tested a rocket engine that could eventually allow for supersonic flight to space.
• The company’s engine can cool air from 420 degrees Celsius to room temperature in less than a second, the company said.
• Traditionally, rockets have had to carry massive tanks of fuel to burn, adding to their weight and aerodynamic profile.
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A British company developing a rocket engine that can combust using oxygen from the air, as opposed to carrying liquid oxygen like traditional rockets, says it’s passed a “significant read more >>>

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