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LOOP News![]() 11 APR 06: SCRAM, MATE!A new British-designed jet engine has been successfully tested in Australia. The Hyshot III is designed to fl y at seven times the speed of sound. The supersonic combustion ramjet – scramjet for short – is a type of rocket engine with no moving parts. It burns hydrogen fuel using oxygen from the atmosphere, unlike a conventional rocket engine which has to carry its own oxygen supply. | |||||||
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