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Breakthrough hypersonic hydrogen-powered plane could travel anywhere in the world in 1-2 hours
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 3091" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-hypersonic-plane-powered-by-hydrogen/" target="_blank"><strong>Breakthrough hypersonic hydrogen-powered plane could travel anywhere in the world in 1-2 hours - ZD Net</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>Is this the future of hypersonic transportation? Russia's version of Elon Musk thinks so.</strong></p><p> </p><p>You can't eliminate distance, but in near-space, where there's little air resistance, you can move pretty dang fast. In laymen's terms, that's the founding principle of a company that's developing a hypersonic hydrogen-powered vehicle capable of moving cargo between continents at unheard of shipping speeds.</p><p></p><p>Destinus SA, based in Switzerland, is on a mission to build near-space vehicles and related infrastructure, and the company just got a big boost in the form of a seed round of 26.8 million Swiss francs ($29 million). Founder and CEO Mikhail Kokorich is akin to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-gold-rush-in-space-11596826062" target="_blank">Russia's Elon Musk</a>, a serial entrepreneur who invented (and actively holds patents) on innovative enabling technology in newspace. His previous company, Momentus, is now one of <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/13/space-company-momentus-mnts-begins-trading-on-nasdaq-after-spac.html" target="_blank">six Y Combinator companies to become public</a>.</p><p></p><p>"We are excited about the broad support for Destinus, says Kokorich, "which further validates the potential for clean, hypersonic travel to anywhere in the world in 1-2 hours. We plan to use the funding to continue the development of our hydrogen airbreathing and rocket engines and test the first supersonic flights powered by hydrogen engines in the next 12-18 months. We have already made significant progress and have designed and filed patents for the unique subsystems, such as a hydrogen active cooling system, enabling a highly reusable hyperplane flying at almost the speed of a rocket."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 3091, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-hypersonic-plane-powered-by-hydrogen/'][B]Breakthrough hypersonic hydrogen-powered plane could travel anywhere in the world in 1-2 hours - ZD Net[/B][/URL] [B]Is this the future of hypersonic transportation? Russia's version of Elon Musk thinks so.[/B] You can't eliminate distance, but in near-space, where there's little air resistance, you can move pretty dang fast. In laymen's terms, that's the founding principle of a company that's developing a hypersonic hydrogen-powered vehicle capable of moving cargo between continents at unheard of shipping speeds. Destinus SA, based in Switzerland, is on a mission to build near-space vehicles and related infrastructure, and the company just got a big boost in the form of a seed round of 26.8 million Swiss francs ($29 million). Founder and CEO Mikhail Kokorich is akin to [URL='https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-gold-rush-in-space-11596826062']Russia's Elon Musk[/URL], a serial entrepreneur who invented (and actively holds patents) on innovative enabling technology in newspace. His previous company, Momentus, is now one of [URL='https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/13/space-company-momentus-mnts-begins-trading-on-nasdaq-after-spac.html']six Y Combinator companies to become public[/URL]. "We are excited about the broad support for Destinus, says Kokorich, "which further validates the potential for clean, hypersonic travel to anywhere in the world in 1-2 hours. We plan to use the funding to continue the development of our hydrogen airbreathing and rocket engines and test the first supersonic flights powered by hydrogen engines in the next 12-18 months. We have already made significant progress and have designed and filed patents for the unique subsystems, such as a hydrogen active cooling system, enabling a highly reusable hyperplane flying at almost the speed of a rocket." [/QUOTE]
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