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This propulsion system, known as a rotating detonation engine, has the potential to be lighter than existing jet engines while offering a significant boost in power output, range, and fuel efficiency.
I have been trying to touch on some of the exciting happenings and new projects that have spread their wings at Mojave Airport over the last 50
Note: this accident was previously featured in episode 31 of the plane crash series on April 7th, 2018, prior to the series’ arrival on Medium. This article is written without reference to and…
VSS Unity from Spaceport America in New Mexico. (Credit: Virgin Galactic) by Douglas Messier Managing Editor It was a flight 22 months in the making. But, when it came time for the rubber to meet the oxidizer, the whole thing suddenly flamed out. The hybrid engine on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity failed to fire properly on Saturday, sending the suborbital rocket plane, pilots David Mackay and C.J. Sturckow and a load of NASA-sponsored experiments into a rapid descent and landing back at Spaceport America, instead of a graceful parabolic arc into suborbital space. Although the mi...