British aerospace company claims biggest engine advance since the jet

Re:British aerospace company claims biggest engine advance s... by drzaiusapelord on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @12:21PM (#4843600)

Funny how this stuff works. The hot whiz-bang kid rewriting all the rules can become tomorrow's rent-seeking cronyistic old guard overnight. I wonder if a rocket vs sabre engine war is about to start. I hope so. Easier access to orbit and a 4 hour trip from NY to Tokyo would be pretty amazing.

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Re:British aerospace company claims biggest engine advance s... by tvon on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @01:37PM (#4843959)

I think you're forcing that narrative, the old guard does not tend to start out their statements with "I may have totally incorrect assumptions here, but...".

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Re:British aerospace company claims biggest engine advance s... by drzaiusapelord on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @04:26PM (#4844850)

Maybe, but I imagine someone like Musk would be pretty good with rhetoric and knows if he utters the wrong things at a press conference it could lead to disastrous results for his companies. He's just being diplomatic because it pays to be diplomatic.

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Re:British aerospace company claims biggest engine advance s... by gfodor on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @07:29PM (#4845642)

Or, you know, he could actually just be telling the truth in saying that he is willing to concede he may be wrong on the issue if his assumptions are wrong.

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