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Giving rocket propellants an opposite charge for perfect mixing?
One of the challenges in achieving theoretical efficiency is the mixing of both an oxidiser and fuel. This means separating both propellants from each other whilst pairing them with their counterpart. ...
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Why is an inflatable balloon inside a fuel tank not used to prevent fuel from "sloshing around"?
After seeing all the Starship failures, having something with a membrane keep things in place seems like an obvious solution. Has it been considered or tested - or do we simply lack a material that is ...
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Have any rocket fuel systems actually been explosive, and could have detonated proper?
Never mind that this is the 18th question to have the rocket-explosion tag. To the question "Would the Dragon escape pod have survived this event?" asked about the AMOS-6 mission, Elon Musk ...
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Has methylsilane (CH₆Si) ever been considered as fuel in rocketry?
Methylsilane CH6Si seems to have some useful properties for rocket fuel: high hydrogen content, 6 atoms per molecule, 13% of overall mass; high combustion energy, -2612 KJ/mol or 56.8 MJ/kg (better ...
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