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Specific impulse, etc.
One of the best rocket propellants there is is hydrolox – a combination of liquid hydrogen, the fuel, and liquid oxygen, the oxidiser. This might seem a bit unexpected because most (if not all) other fuels performing the same function … Continue reading
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Tagged CE20 engine, CE7.5 engine, cryogenic engine, hydrogen, hydrolox, reaction mass, RS-25 engine, specific impulse
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We’ve become more ambitious about reaching Alpha Centauri – what changed?
The real innovation powering the idea of Starshot is not in terms of propulsion or even the lasers but of the miniaturisation of electronics. Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha Centauri system, Breakthrough Starshot, fusion rockets, interstellar travel, Project Daedalus, Project Longshot, Project Orion, pulsed fusion microexplosion drive, specific impulse, Tsiolkovsky rocket equation
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