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(acronym for horizontal takeoff and landing)
British concept for a hypersonic transport
and satellite launcher, which could be
operational before the end of the century. It
will be a single-stage vehicle with no
boosters and will take off and land on a
runway. It will feature a revolutionary
air-breathing rocket engine that will require
it to carry much less oxygen than a
conventional space plane. The USA has a
similar development under way called the
Orient Express.