Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight
by sliverstorm on Friday October 31, 2014 @04:12PM
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any vehicle that is dependent upon currently available propulsion systems is a waste of time.
So... what, we just halt development of all vehicles, globally, period? Bye-bye trains, planes, cars, bicycles, and buses?
You can't develop the future of transportation or the future of propulsion systems if you literally shut down global commerce.
Besides, an airplane (for example) is not wedded to the engine. Developments in prop planes carried over directly to jet planes, once the jet engine matured. Any future propulsion system that can replace jet engines will probably not be hard to work into many plane designs of the day.
So... what, we just halt development of all vehicles, globally, period? Bye-bye trains, planes, cars, bicycles, and buses?
You can't develop the future of transportation or the future of propulsion systems if you literally shut down global commerce.
Besides, an airplane (for example) is not wedded to the engine. Developments in prop planes carried over directly to jet planes, once the jet engine matured. Any future propulsion system that can replace jet engines will probably not be hard to work into many plane designs of the day.