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SUMMARY:The Skylon spaceplane - Richard Varvill\, Technical Director\, Rea
 ction Engines Ltd
DTSTART:20140313T190000Z
DTEND:20140313T210000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The concept design of the Skylon spaceplane and its Sabre engi
 nes took place in the 1990s. Since then Reaction Engines has grown from a 
 couple of engineers working from home to a dynamic Company with manufactur
 ing capabilities and an active research programme. This has culminated in 
 the successful testing of the novel precooler which enables Mach 5 airbrea
 thing flight and cheap access to space. Following this breakthrough the go
 vernment recently announced £60M for the next phase of development which 
 will be matched by private investment. This lecture will give an overview 
 of the project and its potential future.\n \nRichard Varvill is a founding
  Director\, and currently Technical Director and Chief Designer at Reactio
 n Engines Ltd. He began his career with Rolls Royce Military Engine Divisi
 on working on advanced gas turbine concepts (EJ200\, Hybrid Fan Vectored T
 hrust Engine and ACME) and prior to founding Reaction Engines\, was respon
 sible for engine design work on the RB545 air-breathing rocket engines and
  alternative engine studies for ESA winged launcher concepts.
LOCATION:•Lecture Theatre '0' of the Cambridge University Engineering De
 partment on Trumpington Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 1PZ
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