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News Update - May 2009

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Press Release 22.05.2009

Lord Drayson, Minister for Science and Innovation, visits Reaction Engines Ltd

Lord Drayson, Minister for Science and Innovation, has paid a visit to Reaction Engines Ltd (REL) at Culham Science Centre in Oxfordshire. The Minister expressed his interest in the work of REL and in the future of reusable launch vehicles (RLVs), such as SKYLON.

Read the full press release here.

Watch the interview with the Minister for Science and Innovation, Lord Drayson.

Watch the interview with Managing Director of Reaction Engines Ltd, Alan Bond.

Lord Drayson at
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Company News

The Technical Demonstration programme continues to advance as expected. This month successful progress meetings took place in Germany with EADS Astrium, DLR and ESA. The German part of the programme has now begun.

The contractors at the prototype manufacturing facility have begun working steadily on this section of the programme. Photographs and more information on the premises will be included in next month’s News Update.

Lastly, congratulations to Mr and Mrs Varvill on their recent marriage!


Site News

A selection of high resolution pictures of SKYLON, taken from the operations slidshow, are now available in the SKYLON Image Library.


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