Boeing To Design
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract to Boeing to design a solar-powered orbit transfer vehicle, with options to test it in space in 2001. The concept uses mirrors to heat a graphite block to 2,300K (3,680F) with sunlight, and hydrogen gas is expanded through passages in the graphite to create...
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