Saturday, September 28, 2024
Your Worst Chemical Nightmare
YouTube video titled "the Best Performing (and most dangerous) Chemical Rocket Ever." Rocketdyne experimented with a liquid lithium metal and fluorine gas rocket with liquid hydrogen thrown in to improve performance. This video has some truly dazzling video (spraying cold fluorine gas on brick, for example). I am glad NASA never gave Rocketdyne a contract to make this engine.
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https://www.amazon.com/Ignition-Informal-History-Liquid-Propellants-ebook/dp/B07D7M65M8 is a rather entertaining read on that sort of subject.
ReplyDeleteThey tried some pretty crazy stuff in the search for higher performance.