Only in the short term and small scale. Beyond a given point, it takes so much fuel as to be uneconomical.
“Beyond a given point, it takes so much fuel as to be uneconomical.”
Yep, absolutely. That is one of the reasons this design was not pursued earlier. It was invented in 1943. It is the one thing not mentioned in the article. While this will function as proposed it is not at all going to be efficient.
I think they are just fishing for funding...