Seriously, George Osborne is investing in a spaceship!

It's a cliché to talk about August in politics being the "silly season" (not only is it almost over but surely Syria makes it fairly serious) so instead I thought I'd talk about something that's awesome.

One of the interesting things to come out of the Budget back in March was that the government is planning to invest £60m in a company called Reaction Engines who are developing the SABRE engine which could make spaceplanes a reality.


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