据报道,英国宇航公司更加确信国家政府会继续资助霍托尔空天飞机计划。历时两年,花费3百万英磅的方案论证工作于1987年9月结束。英国宇航公司说,基于民间的冒险的投资的研究工作仍以不慢的速度在进行,在下阶段要谋求重要的较大的政府投资。下阶段也就是三年的技术准备阶段,预计工业界会投放其一半的资金。 It is reported that British Aerospace Corporation is more convinced that the national government will continue to fund the Hokol-Sky space plane program. The two-year, 3 million-pound program demonstration concluded in September 1987. British Aerospace said research on private venture-based investments is still underway at a slow pace, with major, larger government investments to be sought in the next phase. The next stage is the three-year stage of technical preparation, and the industry is expected to allocate half of its funds.