Is it a plane........?

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Is it a plane........?

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The Skylon is a rocket/plane hybrid that could bring down the cost of getting stuff into orbit to as little as £600 ($1000) per Kg.
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Is it just me or does that Skylon (rhymes with Cylon?) look like something out of a late 50's SciFi paperback?
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Wow... The SR-71 lives on!
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ew, how dare you compare the beauty of the Blackbird to that cac. it looks like Thrust 2. godawful. should be against the law to build spaceships that look rubbish.
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