NASA enters second phase on Rocket Based Combined Cycle engine

Rocket propulsion engineers at NASA, Aerojet and Rocketdyne are moving into the second phase of a long-term effort to perfect a Rocket Based Combined Cycle (RBCC) engine that would use atmospheric oxygen on the way to orbit, saving weight at liftoff. Using copper flow-path simulators at the General...

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