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Rocketdyne sees ceramic/composite aerospike for VentureStar

Staff August 06, 1999
Materials specialists at Boeing's Rocketdyne Propulsion&Power believe they have laid the groundwork for a lightweight follow-on to the XRS-2200 linear aerospike rocket engine that would use advanced composites and ceramics to push the thrust-to-weight ratio for commercial single-stage-to-orbit...

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