October 2015
Japan’s H-IIA rocket: beautiful, accurate, and on-time
...around 15 years. Given its short life to begin with, the fuel consumed for a change in orbital plane is a considerable drawback ... heating by solar input during the coast. To minimize fuel consumption for engine chill-down before the third combustion, ...
July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
...hellish combustion temperatures and pressures (often in excess of 3500 Celsius and hundreds of atmospheres) characteristic of high-energy fuels and oxidisers such as hydrogen and oxygen (as used in the Space Shuttle main engine, for example). Another...
08 August 2016
NASA Selects Five Projects for Convergent Aeronautics Solutions Study
...antennae only create more problems, such as increased drag, fuel use and emissions. Researchers are hoping to create a flexible... it to conform to the aircraft contours and decrease drag, fuel use and emissions. One of the key aspects of this antenna...
08 February 2019
New Orbex rocket revealed
...fuselage lengths to accommodate them. Propane is the only fuel which can be readily tanked in this way, surrounded ... with Calor for supply of the bio-propane fuel required, a clean-burning renewable fuel source that cuts carbon emissions by 90 percent...
June 2017
How to build a Moon base cheaply
... the extraction of raw materials is streamlined, 3D printers will be able to print habitation and technological modules, rocket engines, fuel tanks and spacecraft in situ – wherever that may be in space. Thus the cost of cargo delivery will decrease...
October 2018
Looking for life on Enceladus with IceMole
...storage. During charge mode, power is provided to the fuel cell for an oxidation reaction to separate water into its... of the reaction, a current that can be used for work. A fuel cell can thus be considered as a high-performance battery that will have...
