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Re:British aerospace company claims biggest engine advance s... by russss on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @11:37AM (#4843380)
The liquid nitrogen is just used for the ground tests. On the Skylon itself, this cooling capacity will come from boiling the liquid hydrogen fuel.
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Re:British aerospace company claims biggest engine advance s... by iwwr on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @03:19PM (#4844478)
Skylon would basically use the cryogenic fuel as a giant internal heat sink.

A more fanciful application of the concept: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StealthInSpace

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Re:British aerospace company claims biggest engine advance s... by felixfurtak on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @08:12PM (#4845763)
How is this different to HOTOL ?
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Re:British aerospace company claims biggest engine advance s... by zizee on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @10:36PM (#4846125)
Similar concept, different design.
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