The Skylon: Britain’s Bad-Ass Rocketplane And Possible Shuttle Successor

As NASA settles for a tried and trusted solution, Britain’s plans for a next-gen Space Shuttle inch forward with the Skylon: A black, future-tech spaceplane that absolutely looks the part. The Skylon has, in a way, been some three decades in development already–stretching almost back to the days of Apollo, curiously also the model for NASA’s future spacecraft . But European and British regulators have just now given approval to its design.

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The Skylon: Britain’s Bad-Ass Rocketplane And Possible Shuttle Successor