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NASA’s rotating detonation rocket engine posts record test results

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Explosions get you much more bang from your fuel buck than combustion – if your engine can withstand them. NASA believes the rotating detonation engine could be the future of deep space travel, and it’s getting strong results in prototype testing.Conti… Continue reading NASA’s rotating detonation rocket engine posts record test results→

World first: Oblique wave detonation engine may unlock Mach 17 aircraft

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UCF researchers say they’ve trapped a sustained explosive detonation, fixed in place, for the first time, channeling its enormous power into thrust in a new oblique wave detonation engine that could propel an aircraft up to 17 times the speed of sound,… Continue reading World first: Oblique wave detonation engine may unlock Mach 17 aircraft→