SpaceLiner To Fly Passengers By 2050

From Scientific American comes news of "space plane" that could make the trip from Europe to Australia in an hour and a half. That's what Martin Sippel, project coordinator for SpaceLiner at the German Aerospace Center is working on.

The rocket booster powered, hypersonic vehicle would reach an altitude of about 47 to 50 miles before gliding back to Earth at hypersonic speeds of more than 15,000 mph.

I won't be holding my breath waiting for this one. The project is not expected to fly before 2050. By that time we may have transporters.