The Amazon founder's Blue Origin aerospace outfit will
develop rocket engines for the United Launch Alliance — a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing that creates spacecraft for the U.S....
Not exact matches
He says that NASA has paid only for the development of the Dragon spacecraft, and that SpaceX
developed both the Merlin
engine and the Falcon
rocket completely on its own, with its original $ 100 million in capital.
Ursa Major is
developing high performing, 3D - printed
rocket engines at a fraction of the cost of traditional
engines.
This isn't mere sci - fi speculation: In a nondescript warehouse in Webster, Texas, a forward - thinking scientist is
developing a prototype
rocket engine that could make space travel faster than ever before.
To power its new orbital launch vehicle, Blue Origin is
developing a more powerful
rocket engine known as the BE-4, which is a joint venture with launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA).
In the last 30 years, only two new American
rocket engines have been
developed.
Its stated purpose is to test and
develop new technologies for spaceflight, such as NASA's Space Launch System heavy - lift
rocket, its Orion deep - space crew capsule and an advanced solar - electric propulsion
engine suitable for long - haul cargo trips.
RFGlobalnet.com ran a story that mentioned PPPL's collaboration with Princeton Satellite Systems to
develop a fusion
engine for
rockets.
The BE-3
rocket engine is the first new hydrogen
engine developed in the United States since the RS - 68
engine (used on ULA's Delta - IV) over a decade ago.
«SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS The NTR represents the next major evolutionary step in high performance liquid
rocket engines yet it is not new but was
developed to a high technology readiness level during the Rover / NERVA programs.