Sentences with phrase «hybrid rocket motor»

BLASTING off to the edge of space in SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic's commercial spacecraft, may be one step closer after the successful testing last week of a new solid - liquid hybrid rocket motor.

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Martin Ross, another of the paper's authors, who works at the Aerospace Corp. in El Segundo, Calif., explains that hybrid motors favoured by space tourism companies are safer, cheaper to run, and quicker to refuel than the liquid or solid rocket boosters that have dominated rocketry thus far.

Using two electric motors similar to those in the Porsche 919 hybrid race car, the Mission E has over 600 hp to power all four wheels, and rockets from 0 - 62 mph in less than 3.5 seconds.