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World’s first aerospike aircraft to fly this month after crash setback

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Polaris Spaceplanes MIRA II and III, looking pretty slick and awaiting install of their four turbine engines as well as the AS-1 LOX/kerosene aerospike engine

The world’s first flight test for an aerospike rocket engine ended in disaster, but Polaris Aerospace is back on track, preparing to fly two new prototypes for its MIRA supersonic/hypersonic aerospike spaceplane platform within weeks.

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Groundbreaking spaceplane crashes before world-first aerospike rocket test

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The MIRA I, from German aerospace startup Polaris Raumflugzeuge, was traveling at approximately 105 mph (169 km/h) during takeoff when a “landing gear steering reaction” plus a side wind caused a “hard landing event,” rendering the space plane inoperab… Continue reading Groundbreaking spaceplane crashes before world-first aerospike rocket test→

Rooftop system converts CO2, water and sunlight into kerosene

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Engineers at ETH Zurich have demonstrated a pilot system that can produce fuels from sunlight and air. The device captures carbon dioxide and water from the atmosphere and uses solar energy to convert it into syngas, which is then converted into liquid… Continue reading Rooftop system converts CO2, water and sunlight into kerosene→