NASA announced that its engineers have developed and tested the agency’s first full-scale rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE).
The agency said that the design could significantly change how future propulsion systems are built. The supersonic rocket engine uses detonation, with the design producing more power while using less fuel than today’s propulsion systems.
It has the potential to power both human landers and interplanetary vehicles to deep space destinations, like the moon or Mars.
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