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Re:Aerospike Engines: Why aren't we using them now? [video] by wolfram74 on Saturday June 09, 2018 @09:25AM (#17272893)
When sentiments like this [1] are floating around, it's an easy argument to make that companies aren't interested in fundamental research, and at most tweaking off the shelf parts.

-- [1] https://www.ft.com/content/869b514c-727d-11db-a5f5-0000779e2...

Re:Aerospike Engines: Why aren't we using them now? [video] by valuearb on Sunday June 10, 2018 @01:16AM (#17276684)
The fundamental research on aero-spikes has been done, and they flunk the rocket equation.
Re:Aerospike Engines: Why aren't we using them now? [video] by carapace on Saturday June 09, 2018 @12:32PM (#17273746)
> Choose the subscription that is right for you

Seems unrelated.

Re:Aerospike Engines: Why aren't we using them now? [video] by hinkley on Saturday June 09, 2018 @03:20PM (#17274539)
Got another article without a paywall?
Re:Aerospike Engines: Why aren't we using them now? [video] by wolfram74 on Saturday June 09, 2018 @03:44PM (#17274627)
mea culpa, I wouldn't have linked it if I'd known an hour later it would be on the wrong side of a paywall. That's a behavior I haven't encountered before.
Re:Aerospike Engines: Why aren't we using them now? [video] by leoc on Saturday June 09, 2018 @06:12PM (#17275309)
Someone once said that the FT paywall resembled something from the Unseen University.