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Credit: Escape Dynamics
Startup Escape Dynamics has folded, and with it plans to use microwave energy beamed from the ground to power a small single-stage-to-orbit reusable launch vehicle into space. The company says while technology demonstrations showed microwave propulsion is feasible, the technical risks and cost...
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