Andy<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Inventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inventions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Invention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Invention</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ReactionEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReactionEngines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Enterprise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enterprise</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Engine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Engine</span></a><br>A few years before someone else jumps on the back of it, completes the project, and makes millions.<br>I love being British, but our inability to fund innovative projects is a major failing. I’m sure Frank Whittle, John Harrison and Christopher Cockerell (among many others) would agree.</p><p>The British jet engine that failed in the 'Valley of Death' <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y5zg85wnlo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c5y5zg85</span><span class="invisible">wnlo</span></a></p>
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Jon PENNYCOOK<p>a very <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> epitaph for any technology: "We failed because we ran out of money."</p><p>"Reaction Engines hoped one day its tech would power a reusable space plane"</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y5zg85wnlo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y5zg</span><span class="invisible">85wnlo</span></a></p><p>"Rolls-Royce said it had other priorities and the UK military has very little money."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SpaceFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceFlight</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HOTOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HOTOL</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Skylon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Skylon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ReactionEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReactionEngines</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SpacePlane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpacePlane</span></a></p>
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