by Houston, Texas-based Venus Aerospace, a hypersonics pioneer aimed at developing reusable hypersonic flight platforms, recently achieved one of the longest sustained tests of a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) in collaboration with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
A rotating detonation rocket engine combusts its fuel and oxidizer in a circular motion inside a ring-shaped channel.
The shockwaves from the detonation of fuel and oxidizer create a self-sustaining combustion reaction, making this form of propulsion more efficient than conventional combustion engines.
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A rotating detonation rocket engine combusts its fuel and oxidizer in a circular motion inside a ring-shaped channel.
The shockwaves from the detonation of fuel and oxidizer create a self-sustaining combustion reaction, making this form of propulsion more efficient than conventional combustion engines.
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