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Video about a tri-propellant engine tested at SSFL (it is quite long, but I enjoyed it, it was released ~month ago) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX-0Xw6kkrc
by icegreentea2 3y ago
Video about a tri-propellant engine tested at SSFL (it is quite long, but I enjoyed it, it was released ~month ago) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX-0Xw6kkrc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX-0Xw6kkrc
tl;dr - it's a lithium, hydrogen, fluoride rocket.
Skip 31:00 (https://youtu.be/KX-0Xw6kkrc?t=1860 https://youtu.be/KX-0Xw6kkrc?t=1860) for a treatment on the bonkers environmental impact and safety things going on at SSFL. The equivalent wiki article section says uh... "Workers would dispose of barrels filled with radioactive sodium by dumping them in a pond and then shooting the barrels with rifles so that they would explode and release their contents into the air".
- GarnetFloride 3y agoThat was a great video. That was a gonzo nuts rocket engine but it worked for reals and not just calculation.