In this article, we will look at rocket engines to understand how they work, as well as to understand some of the complexity surrounding them. When most people think about motors or engines, they think about rotation. For example, a reciprocating gasoline engine in a car produces ...
WhenSpaceX’s Crew Dragon exploded in April during ground tests, the release of approximately one and a half tons of hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide propellants required an environmental cleanup at the site. But soon, that might change. NASA has been working on a project they call theGreen Pr...
Combustion; Fuels; Jet and Gas Turbine Engines; Ramjets and Scramjets; Rocket Motors, Hybrid; Rocket Motors, Liquid; Rocket Motors, Solid; Solid Propellants; Spacecraft Chemical Propulsion View chapterExplore book Space Reactor Technology Development Stephen Johnson, Douglas Burns, in Comprehensive Nucl...
Reformed fuel: Also featured in the AJAX concept[79], this technology involves the reformation of hydrocarbon fuels, resulting in a superior ignition quality compared to pure hydrogen. Also the energy required for the reforming process acts as a heat sink for thermal protection. ...
[Scott Manley]video below the break, there are many rocket fuels that can be found in some way, state, or form at your local grocery or liquor store. The video itself is a reaction to some college students in Utah who caused an evacuation when the rocket fuel they were cooking up ...
But this terrifying development is what brought us our modern rockets as their propulsion system can work up where there’s no air, in the vacuum of space. How do they actually work? It all comes down to that “every action, equal and opposite reaction” thing that Newton was always ...
This rocket stove is also made out of tin cans. But what makes this one different is the amount of information this site gives you. They go out of their way to help you understand the different uses of a rocket stove and how they work. ...
“rocket stove” often comes up. It’s remarkable how many people from all walks of life have heard of them, whereas ten years ago, they were limited to natural builders andcookstove improvementnerds. Rocket Stoves were invented as a solution to the problems of third world communities, ...
"The reactor fuels that will work there, if you put them in a terrestrial reactor, they will make that reactor bulletproof," he said. TopicsNASA Elisha Sauers Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives intoNASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting upastronautsand history-...
This article aims to summarize the background of well-known and not so well-known Soviet rocket engines, the history of their development, their main characteristics, and the rockets they flew on.The entire Soviet rocket engine family tree. (Credit: Everyday Astronaut)...