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| − | [[Image:TR408_rocket.jpg|right|300px|thumb| | + | [[Image:TR408_rocket.jpg|right|300px|thumb|An [[XCOR]] LOX-Methane engine undergoing a test firing.]] |
:"''The new TR408 engine is a hybrid, which can run on almost any state of oxygen and methane. It could be all gas, for example, stored at room temperature. Or it could be all liquid, similar to the liquid oxygen/hydrogen that powers the space shuttle.''" - [http://www.universetoday.com/2007/11/15/radical-new-steering-thruster-tested/ Universe Today article.] | :"''The new TR408 engine is a hybrid, which can run on almost any state of oxygen and methane. It could be all gas, for example, stored at room temperature. Or it could be all liquid, similar to the liquid oxygen/hydrogen that powers the space shuttle.''" - [http://www.universetoday.com/2007/11/15/radical-new-steering-thruster-tested/ Universe Today article.] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| + | *[http://www.irconnect.com/noc/press/pages/news_releases.html?d=131378 Northrop Grumman press release] | ||
*[http://www.universetoday.com/2007/11/15/radical-new-steering-thruster-tested/ Universe Today article on the TR408.] | *[http://www.universetoday.com/2007/11/15/radical-new-steering-thruster-tested/ Universe Today article on the TR408.] | ||
[[category:Emerging Technology]] | [[category:Emerging Technology]] | ||
Revision as of 03:26, 18 November 2007
File:TR408 rocket.jpg
An XCOR LOX-Methane engine undergoing a test firing.
- "The new TR408 engine is a hybrid, which can run on almost any state of oxygen and methane. It could be all gas, for example, stored at room temperature. Or it could be all liquid, similar to the liquid oxygen/hydrogen that powers the space shuttle." - Universe Today article.
