The “revolutionary” air-breathing engine could, in theory, lift an aircraft from a runway to more than 30km (18.6 miles) into the stratosphere and continuously accelerate it to 16 times the speed of sound.

At this velocity, even the longest intercontinental flights could take just one or two hours while consuming less fuel compared with conventional jet engines.

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  • Kbin_space_program
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    01 year ago

    It has been published, but a staggering number of scientific “papers” coming out of China are turning out to be complete fabrications.

    • @viking@infosec.pub
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      01 year ago

      Correct, so it should be independently reviewed and recreated to validate the claims. Crying wolf just because there were issues before wouldn’t be fair.