Sentences with phrase «build rocket engines»
«They will tell us what we need to know to build rocket engines that can handle megawatts of power,» says applied physicist Tim Glover, a board member and co-founder of Ad Astra.
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Of course, successfully testing an engine is one thing — building and launching an entire rocket is another.
«There's a big debate going on in the technical community that works on these things, and it's exactly about how heavy the warhead would be that North Korea could build, and what capabilities they can get out of their rocket engines,» he said.
By repeating this tier - by - tier addition, engineers can build complex shapes, such as rocket engines.
The part will be used on the J - 2x engine for the largest rocket ever built, known simply as the Space Launch System.
New Horizons will be launched aboard an Atlas 5 «551» vehicle, with a bulbous five - meter payload shroud built by the Swiss contractor Contraves, five Aerojet - built solid rocket boosters, another single - engine Centaur, and a Star 48B third stage.
Oh, that's right, the new twin - engine, all - wheel - drive P85D is brought to us by the same people who build the Space X rocket.
Last month, U.S. air force gave a contract to Aerojet to work on standards to build 3D printed rocket engines.