Private space firm tests futuristic rocket engine
If we are struggling to get ourselves to Mars due to the weight of gas and funding then XCOR Aerospace has started towards the answer. The company has developed rocket engine fuelled by liquid methane and liquid oxygen. This combination that they have created will more 20% more efficient than the ‘traditional hypergolic fuels’ that we use. It does not stop there, they believe that we could actually extract methane and oxygen from the Martian atmosphere to fuel the operations there—which would cut TONS of costs since we will not have to carry gas to get back into Earth’s orbit!!
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