Re: Arora engine propultion



"T C MCKEAN" <panther436@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:I saw a report on a speculated top secret aircraft which is highly stealth
:capable and possible able to negotiate the space atmosphere boundary. The
:only indication of this vehicle is the satellite pictures showing how fast
:it is going and the photograph showed a streak of clouds around the globe
:and a theoretical speed of over 8000 American miles per hour. the close up
:of the exhaust cloud indicates a pulse engine of some kind. I was wondering
:if anyone here may be able to
:"" speculate"" as to what kind of engine it may be.

The usual engine postulated for such things is some form of (possibly
hydrogen burning) scramjet. Theoretically, such an engine will give
'beads on a string' contrails rather than the solid ones created by
normal combustion jet engines.

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