SpaceDev fires first hybrid rocket motor

SpaceDev, a Poway, Calif.-based commercial space company, successfully test-fired its first hybrid rocket motor, designed to power low-cost orbit maneuvering and transfer vehicles, on Nov. 16 (DAILY, Nov. 14). The five-inch-in-diameter, foot-long motor was fired at the company's new motor test...

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