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GCNRevenger,

I was talking about hybrid engines, not pure alternatives like nuclear drive. What about a Ramjet / Rocket Engine hybrid that could provide the means for spaceplane advancements ( Not scramjet technology because they are for inner atomsphere hypersonic transport ). We need development of transatomspheric drive systems not just hypersonic drive systems.

You can come up with hybrid drives that provide high thrust and longer duration from combining different design methodologies and working on the issues to complete the solutions.