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October 9th, 2020 | #1 | |
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'Self-eating rocket' tech snags funding from UK government
'Self-eating rocket' tech snags funding from UK government
Taking an approach diametrically opposed to the approach used by SpaceX in developing fully reusable rockets, the UK is funding research at the University of Glasgow in Scotland on rockets that burn themselves up completely, leaving nothing to reenter the atmosphere. Quote:
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October 10th, 2020 | #2 |
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Interesting concept--it would cut down on the amount of space debris in low Earth orbit.
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