Collaborate Disseminate
As Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on, its knock-on effects are being felt far beyond the eastern Europe theater. And perhaps nowhere is this more acutely felt than in the …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: March 13, 2022
In an initiative that could lead to carbon-free space launches, scientists at the University of California, Riverside, are experimenting with ammonia borane (NH₃BH₃) as a substitute to conventional carbon-based chemical rocket fuels.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading High-energy boron-based fuels promise cleaner, greener space rockets
It seems like whenever the topic of rocket science comes up, the conversation quickly shifts to that of rocket fuels. As discussed in the excellent [Scott Manley] video below the …read more Continue reading Grocery Store Rocket Fuel: Don’t Try This At Home!
It turns out the rocket that is predicted to impact the Moon on March 4 is not the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket after all, but the upper stage of a Chinese Long March 3C used to launch the Chang’e 5-T1 lunar flyby mission in 2014.Continue R… Continue reading Rocket heading for Moon collision was launched by China, not SpaceX
Described by his PR team as “like Russia’s Elon Musk,” serial entrepreneur Mikhail Korkorich says his new company Destinus is building a hydrogen-powered, zero-emissions, transcontinental cargo drone capable of hypersonic Mach 15 cruise speeds.Continue… Continue reading “Russia’s Elon Musk” is developing hypersonic rocket cargo planes
The Space Shuttle’s solid rocket boosters were reusable, although ultimately the overall system didn’t prove cheaper than expendable launches. But given the successes of the Falcon 9 program — booster …read more Continue reading Reusable Booster Rockets, Asian Roundup
Rocket Lab has unveiled its concept for a new reusable launch vehicle called Neutron. Looking like something a Bond villain would deploy, it carries its second stage inside a permanently attached captive “Hungry Hippo” fairing design.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Rocket Lab reveals reusable Neutron launcher with “Hungry Hippo” jaws
A UK company with lofty aspirations around sustainable space travel has test-fired a rocket engine powered in part by plastic waste. Pulsar Fusion’s hybrid rocket engine is part of an ambitious journey that also involves the development of nuclear fusi… Continue reading Nuclear fusion startup test fires plastic waste-powered rocket
[Integza] hates tomatoes, but loves rocketry. Thus, he decided to see if he could process his most-loathed fruit into some sort of rocket fuel, or at least something relatively flammable. …read more Continue reading Tomatoes Are Not Guncotton
A new player has joined the ranks of private spacefaring outfits with the ability to reach orbit, following the successful lift-off for startup Astra’s launch vehicle. The achievement comes just five years after the company was established, marking a r… Continue reading Private space startup Astra reaches orbit for the first time