Submitted by liem on Mon, 02/25/2013 - 12:14
In 1984, British Aerospace proposed the HOTOL horizontal takeoff
single-stage-to-orbit reusable launcher. The concept featured a new type of
airbreathing rocket engine that would have burned compressed air rather than
liquid oxygen up to a speed of Mach 5. HOTOL was studied in great detail both
by BAe and the ESA Winged Launcher Configuration study.
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