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The liquid nitrogen is just used for the ground tests. On the Skylon itself, this cooling capacity will come from boiling the liquid hydrogen fuel.
by russss 14y ago
The liquid nitrogen is just used for the ground tests. On the Skylon itself, this cooling capacity will come from boiling the liquid hydrogen fuel.
- iwwr 14y agoSkylon would basically use the cryogenic fuel as a giant internal heat sink. A more fanciful application of the concept: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StealthInSpace http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StealthInSpace
- felixfurtak 14y agoHow is this different to HOTOL ?
- zizee 14y agoSimilar concept, different design.