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The Three Rocketeers-2012:BBC-Future of Space trav

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What it is

A BBC Four documentary following Alan Bond and Reaction Engines as they pursue the Skylon spaceplane and its SABRE engine. It covers the history from HOTOL and the heat-exchanger breakthrough.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Linked in Reaction Engines threads as the story behind the engine, though one commenter is skeptical of the company's funding record.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2015

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's a documentary that was broadcast on BBC4 a couple of months ago about Bond and his quixotic journey to get HOTOL/Skylon into the sky”

    BBC documentary on Bond's quest for HOTOL/Skylon with a heat-exchanger test.

    peterstjohn, 2012-11 · Recommendation · in “British aerospace company claims biggest engine advance since the jet”

  2. “Very inspiring stuff.”

    Inspiring look at the Skylon engine project.

    curiousjorge, 2015-07 · Recommendation · in “Reaction Engines Reveals Secret of Sabre Frost Control Technology”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: reaction engines, skylon, sabre engine, hotol, alan bond

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