19 June 2017
"The most efficient rocket engine in the world" to be launched by ARCA
...one stage – in August this year. Although the aerospike engine design has been around for many years and has been...at $1million per launch. One of the key factors of the aerospike engine is that it maintains its efficiency from ground level all the way...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
... in their latest incarnations (in the form of the SpaceX BFR, Blue Origin NewGlenn, NASA SLS, not to mention aerospike engines) is tough. Developing space infrastructure such as space solar power or habitats will require either thousands of reusable...
