TIL of a plane engine system that will be able to take a person anywhere in the world in four hours. The new system is called SABRE, which is a jet engine that also doubles as a rocket engine. In a commercial plane, 300 passengers will whizz around the world at five times the speed of sound.

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/plane-will-take-you-anywhere-world-4-hours



Submitted February 16, 2015 at 08:42PM by THRASHINGMADNESS http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2w2xsb/til_of_a_plane_engine_system_that_will_be_able_to/