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ESA builds air-breathing engine that works in space

steelpillow Silver badge

sustainable?

A problem to be overcome is the size of the solar panels. Add them and your aerodynamic drag increases, needing more thrust to stay in orbit, needing more solar panels, creating more drag...

Will be interesting to see if it is practicable to break this vicious circle.

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