XCOR Tests Early Version Of LOX/Methane Rocket

Credit: MIKE MASSEE/XCOR AEROSPACE
A series of short-duration, hot-fire rocket engine tests on a hard stand in Mojave, Calif., last month could one day lead to human ascents from the surface of Mars using fuel produced from the planet's atmosphere. XCOR Aerospace ran a series of six tests of its 7,500-lb. thrust liquid oxygen/liquid...

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