Current Event: Hypersonic Engine Could 'Revolutionize' Air Travel

British aerospace, BAE, is planning to invest approximately thirty million dollars on aerospace technology that can be used for space vehicles that can revolutionize air travel. They are working to create vehicles that combine both jet and rocket powered engines that will take off and land like an aircraft. The plan is to use an air breathing rocket engine that will enable the aircraft to soar at five times the speed of sound. The aircraft works as both a rocket for space travels and as an airplane for shorter distance earth flights. This project is about two decades away from launching.